Unfortunately there is a weak link in this camera. Mine lasted 15 months of very normal use, a few shots taken in the rain and such. The ribbon connector which allows the preview screen to work started coming apart, cutting the colour output to 256 colours... then later the same day the screen failed altogether. After much email exchange and frustration, Sanyo Canada allowed that they had a replacement cable I can order, which I'll do today. I'll replace it myself. An initial foray into the body makes it seem not impossible... complicated for an amateur DIY sort of guy, but possible.
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Unfortunately there is a weak link in this camera. Mine lasted 15 months of very normal use, a few shots taken in the rain and such. The ribbon connector which allows the preview screen to work started coming apart, cutting the colour output to 256 colours... then later the same day the screen failed altogether. After much email exchange and frustration, Sanyo Canada allowed that they had a replacement cable I can order, which I'll do today. I'll replace it myself. An initial foray into the body makes it seem not impossible... complicated for an amateur DIY sort of guy, but possible.