Fugi hi tech built in obsolescence.

Ken S. Tucker · 2012-08-04T16:59:25+00:00

Wife buys a Fuji S1500 camera 2.5 years ago, warranty 2 years.It began suffering faults a few weeks ago, though it is lightlyused 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 thefault(s) in succession.Camera companies (Fugi is Jap but Chink made) can't make $ on filmnow, so they can only make $ selling camera's. Naturally, a camerais easily built to last 10-20 years, but the profit margin dives,and there is NO LAW against self destruction circuitry, it's buyerbeware.I haven't - as yet - determined the self destruct algorithm, or howto reset the timer back to zero.Has anyone else figured that out yet?Ken

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