Question about Kodak EasyShare V550 Digital Camera

Blurry/grainy image in viewfinder and resulting pictures

For no apparent reason we can no longer take decent pictures with our camera. The image in the viewfinder is incredibly blurry and grainy, and the autofocus is not working at all. We tried changing the mode (i.e., closeup, landscape, etc.) and we cleaned the lens, but nothing improves the image problem. I'm thinking we need the camera repaired. Any other ideas of what the problem could be? If not, who could we send it to to have it fixed? Thanks in advance! Mindy

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This is not going to get repaired at a sensible price. Check out Kodak Technical support but I think you are looking at replacing the camera

Posted on Jul 19, 2007

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