Posted by OhioGuy on August 11, 2007, 12:08 pm
Our Kodak Easyshare C315 digital camera died during our recent vacation.
It cost about $100, and was just over a year old. When I turn it on now,
there is a red LED on the front that will blink for a while, then it just
stays on. No signs of life from the color LCD screen. I've removed the SD
card, put in fresh batteries, and even opened up the unit and tried blowing
dust out of the main control on the top. Nothing makes any difference.
My big question is this: is it worth taking this sort of thing to a repair
shop, or would I be better off finding another $100 digital camera?
Posted by Rick on August 11, 2007, 1:44 pm
OhioGuy wrote:
>
> Our Kodak Easyshare C315 digital camera died during our recent vacation.
> It cost about $100, and was just over a year old. When I turn it on now,
> there is a red LED on the front that will blink for a while, then it just
> stays on. No signs of life from the color LCD screen. I've removed the SD
> card, put in fresh batteries, and even opened up the unit and tried blowing
> dust out of the main control on the top. Nothing makes any difference.
>
> My big question is this: is it worth taking this sort of thing to a repair
> shop, or would I be better off finding another $100 digital camera?
$100.00 camera and out of warranty? Not worth it. Even if you could get
it repaired for half that cost - highly unlikely - the repair would only
have a 30 to 90 day warranty at best. Especially if your intention is to
replace it with another camera costing only $100.00. The cost for
repair/cost to replace ratio doesn't make ecomonic sense.
Rick
Posted by Anthony Matonak on August 11, 2007, 2:17 pm
OhioGuy wrote:
> My big question is this: is it worth taking this sort of thing to a repair
> shop, or would I be better off finding another $100 digital camera?
You can buy these (C315 / C530 / CD50) refurbished for around $65.
For instance...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830170083
Recertified: Kodak EASYSHARE C530 Silver 5.0 MP Digital Camera $65
I can't imagine anyone repairing one of these for less than $65.
You are better off getting another camera.
Anthony
Posted by Gary Heston on August 11, 2007, 2:17 pm
> Our Kodak Easyshare C315 digital camera died during our recent vacation.
>It cost about $100, and was just over a year old. When I turn it on now,
>there is a red LED on the front that will blink for a while, then it just
>stays on. No signs of life from the color LCD screen. I've removed the SD
>card, put in fresh batteries, and even opened up the unit and tried blowing
>dust out of the main control on the top. Nothing makes any difference.
> My big question is this: is it worth taking this sort of thing to a repair
>shop, or would I be better off finding another $100 digital camera?
Depends upon how old it is, mainly. A couple of places turned up in a web
search for "digital camera repair quote Kodak Easyshare C315":
www.digitechcamerarepair.com/ (wants you to fill in a request form)
www.precisioncamera.com/kodak-digital-camera-repair.html (has a link to
a cost estimator, but it doesn't seem to work with FireFox).
You might try taking the batteries out and leaving them out overnight.
Sometimes the control circutry gets confused, and leaving it unpowered
long enough for the residual charges to bleed off will clear up the problem.
Gary
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Posted by Anthony Matonak on August 11, 2007, 2:53 pm
OhioGuy wrote:
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> My big question is this: is it worth taking this sort of thing to a repair
> shop, or would I be better off finding another $100 digital camera?
After a bit of websearching, it looks like the General Electric A730
has the most bang for the buck at less than $100. 7MP, 3X optical zoom,
image stabilization, Mpeg-4 movie recording and ISO 1600.
Anthony
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> Our Kodak Easyshare C315 digital camera died during our recent vacation.
> It cost about $100, and was just over a year old. When I turn it on now,
> there is a red LED on the front that will blink for a while, then it just
> stays on. No signs of life from the color LCD screen. I've removed the SD
> card, put in fresh batteries, and even opened up the unit and tried blowing
> dust out of the main control on the top. Nothing makes any difference.
>
> My big question is this: is it worth taking this sort of thing to a repair
> shop, or would I be better off finding another $100 digital camera?