Sony DSC S40 all of a sudden always takes blurry pics.

Looks CCD Imager in your Sony DSC-T1 is bad and Sony will repair it free of cost.
Click Sony CCD Imager Support and get confirm the symptoms of camera problem to proceed further.

sorry to say my friend if all settings are correct and normal as u took pics in past with the same settings

the CCD Imaging chip is gettin faulty it starts like these symptoms first over exposed then pink purple shades and blurry pics , scrathces on pics and then completely off u have to get it replaced thru service centre in ur area but there is a strong chance u can get free repairs from Sony bcoz it is a known problem in various models

see this

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-news.pl?mdl=DSCS40&LOC=3

The ccd sensor in the t1 is faulty. i've had mine for over 5 years, about 2 years ago, i took a trip to san fran. hoping to snap wonderful pics with my camera. When i arrived i snapped a few pics only to realize later, that all the camera had captured was a white screen. i did some internet searching and found a page, much like this one explaining that the ccd is faulty. i called sony and explained my issue, and they informed me that the ccd is indeed faulty, and that they had a free repair service for it. my camera was fixed for free, and currently is as good as new. the bad news in all of this is that, the free repair service was canceled no more than a few weeks after my incident..... good luck.

I shall discuss the matter tomorrow. Today I am little bit busy.

If not try to change the mode and take snaps.

same here. had my camera about a year and a half when this started

If you cannot find a solution to your problem you may want to email fixityourself@gmail.com. He has good advice and good used parts at a fair price.

If you cannot find a solution to your problem you may want to email fixityourself@gmail.com. He has good advice and good used parts at a fair price.

We had similiar problems with ours until we started making sure the camera was kept warm when it was shut off. For some reason, it and the batteries don't like the cold...we were able to extend the battery life if we kept it covered when we weren't using it.

Hello Joe Canuk, please contact the nearest Sony dealer/service. One possibble cause can be the CCD unit. Best regards, Arpad