Short answer, Yes. My 330R, which my wife inherited, never showed this problem before it was stolen. I bought a used 330 as a replacement. After a few months it started producing images just like the ones you are showing. I sent it for Pentax repair, it worked for awhile and then started the same thing again. I bought a used 550 from eBay as a replacement; after a few months it started producing images just like the ones you are showing. I sent it for Pentax repair, it worked for awhile and then started the same thing again plus other problems. I suggested a 750 as a replacement since no 330's or 550's were out there, she opted for a Leica DLux-3 instead. Which would be a fine camera if it only had a viewfinder...
stan On Aug 23, 2007, at 9:06 AM, Christian wrote: > My Optio 330 has been on permanent loan to my dad for a few years. I > use it now and then when I want to shoot underwater pictures since I > have the UW case for it. A few months ago, my dad said that some > of the > images looked "weird" and asked if I knew why. Looking at the images, > it may be that the sensor is shot, but some (75% or so) images come > out > ok. Granted, the camera is over 5 years old so maybe it's reached its > useful life. Anybody have any ideas? (I've used different memory > cards > and batteries with the same results). Samples below: > > good: > http://tinyurl.com/ytboyk > > bad: > http://tinyurl.com/yra8cs > > good: > http://tinyurl.com/23catu > > bad: > http://tinyurl.com/2e26o6 > > -- > > Christian > http://photography.skofteland.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
