Sony Recalled 6 Digital Cameras in China

CIO has an article up where they note that Sony has had a few digital camera models recalled in China. No word on if similar problems exist in the models released to the rest of the world.

The recall, which involved Sony offering to refund the purchase price of the cameras to any consumers who wished to return them, was revealed as Sony detailed its financial performance for the fourth quarter on Thursday last week. Sony wouldn’t comment on how many cameras it bought back from consumers or how much money it spent in the process.

“This has been settled and is behind us,” said Takao Yuhara, senior vice president of Sony, at a Tokyo news conference.

The administration specified six Sony Cybershot models that it said did not meet certain specifications. It didn’t name the other seven cameras. The Sony cameras named were the DSC-H1, DSC-L1, DSC-P200, DSC-W7, DSC-W5 and DSC-S90, all of which were made in China. The cameras were faulted for problems with white balance, image uniformity, automatic exposure and liquid crystal display brightness.

One thing I find amazing is the amount of problems that plague digital cameras versus traditional film cameras. I am not sure if there were as many problems with film cameras, but I never really heard of any. Sometimes technological advancements can be nothing more than headaches.

May 2nd, 2006 Posted by David in Uncategorized at 1:09 pm Comment Now! »
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