SONY DSC-T50 This camera mysteriously stopped working whilst on holiday last month. When pointing to shoot a photo, the screen shows a blurry view and all photos/videos are illegible. I don't know how to fix it,

They are probably still there. Get yourself a card reader and use it to download your pics.

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this problem is quite common and can be fixed.

These cameras won't show the picture on the screen until you've taken the photo, they don't work the same way as point and shoot cameras. So you have to use the viewfinder. Unless your model has live view in which case it's still pretty fiddly and I wouldn't recommend it.

I'm not sure why this works for me, but I think it's worth a try:

1) First, take your SD card out of the camera.

2) Then turn on your camera and let it turn itself off.

3) Read the next step first and be ready to press the shutter release button (take a picture) right after the LCD screen turns on

4) With the camera lens pointed down towards the floor (aim down), turn on the camera. At this point the LCD screen should not be blurry anymore. Immediately press the shutter release after confirming that the LCD is not blurry. If the camera stays on and you can review the picture (most likely of your feet), then you are almost done.

5) Turn off the camera and re-insert your SD card.

5) This may not be a permanent fix, but point the camera lens downward whenever you turn on the camera. It should work normally if you do this. Mine worked normally (meaning I don't have to point it downward when I turn it on) after doing this several times. Your results may vary.

I have a similar problem with my Canon S3 IS. Dark/black LCD in Shooting mode. However, I can view my existing photos in Display mode. I was about to spend money to get a Panasonic TZ5. Somehow I bumped into a solution post for S2 IS. Here is the link:

http://www.fixya.com/support/t1090569-black_screen

I tried their solutions twice and it WORKS. My S3 is working fine now.

Impossible. The D80 is an SLR which means there is a real shutter curtain blocking the imaging array, essentially 'blindfolding' the array.It cannot see the image until the shutter is opened. Nikon just introduced a new SLR that can do live view mode, if you want to spend a couple of grand.

The question to ask is - is you camera happy with a 2 Gig card? Coming to files on the card you could try one or more of the recovery programs for example www.convar.com for 'pc inspector' see what this manages to pull up. You also try 'Irfanview' which has a little more latitude at file discrimination that a regular editor.

What are you looking at on the screen? Before or after the shot? The this point the taking sequence-point camera at scene look in screen blurry image - half press the release - autofocus comes into play- press all the way picture takes.Sharp picture in the taken images what are you doing?

Nikon Techical Support the quickly this is a CCD or associated component failure

i am sorry to say that your camera has a broken CCD.you need to get to replace the CCD with a new one