Wife buys a Fuji S1500 camera 2.5 years ago, warranty 2 years. It began suffering faults a few weeks ago, though it is lightly used and well cared for. There is apparently no service available. It cost her ~$250 => $100/year.
I did a minor examination of this camera and others and concluded, a "Hi-tech self destruct" internal IC times out and causes the fault(s) in succession.
Camera companies (Fugi is Jap but Chink made) can't make $ on film now, so they can only make $ selling camera's. Naturally, a camera is easily built to last 10-20 years, but the profit margin dives, and there is NO LAW against self destruction circuitry, it's buyer beware.
I haven't - as yet - determined the self destruct algorithm, or how to reset the timer back to zero.
Has anyone else figured that out yet? Ken