How much does it cost on average to repair a cracked screen on a point-and-shoot digital camera?
I have a Pentax Optio M50. It’s 8.0 megapixels, 5x optical zoom, and has a pretty excellent sized screen. It is a point and shoot camera. I bought it for 235, it is now worth around 180. The screen is cracked on the bottom and the rest of the screen is a fuzzy black. Approx. how much would it cost to fix this?
Answer by dan the man
how do you know its worth 180 now, i really dont know how much it would cost, from shipping and handling, the repair in materials and labor and return shipping, but i can only imagine that it would cost enough for it to not be worth it, possibly invest in a new camera and try to take better care of it. if you called the manufacturer they could prob give you an estimate
Answer by stan l
Why do you reckon it’s worth $ 180.00? B&H Photo (an brilliant online store) will sell you a new one for $ 129.99. Used cameras aren’t worth much, that’s why it’s usually cheaper to buy new rather than fix ancient.
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The Long Goodbye
Image by Dr. RawheaD
What’s this?
This, in retrospect, turned out to be the very last shot I took with my beloved Pentax K-7.
After much rumination, I chose to let go of my Pentax DSLR sytem. I place nearly everything I have for the system up for sale last night, and most of them are gone, including the K-7 and the legendary FA 31mm F1.8 Limited lens.
The reason is multi-covered. One was financial. I have spent less and less time on economic activities as I near the completion of my dissertation, which added to our household deficit (this leisure activity of mine has not had an impact, though it may be hard to believe 
That led me to reevaluate my pool, and I found that I’m spending more and more time with film and less and less with digital. To the point that it started to make small sense to own and maintain two, full-blown DSLR systems. One had to go.
Finally, when comparing my 5D Mk II to the K-7, it wasn’t so much so that the 5D was a better camera than the K-7––the K-7 has its strengths, built-in IS, its compact size & weight, sensor-based composition adjust, to name but a few––as it was the fact that I *need* the 5D to mount many of my other treasures, like the four Zuiko lenses, two Nikkors, and one Nikon F mount Hartblei Superrotator.
Add to that the fullframe sensor, better high-ISO routine (which will compensate for the lack of built-in IS in many cases), and 1080P video, there was no way that I could let go of the 5D. Thus it is only with the process of abolition that I had to choose to let go of the K-7.
I have a soft spot in my heart for the Pentax DSLR system. The K200D was what got me into photography exactly two being ago. If it weren’t for it, the K20D that soon replaced it, some of the first Pentax lenses I got for it like the 10-17 fisheye and the FA31, and the various M42 lenses I got to mount on it, I don’t reckon I would’ve gotten *so* into photography. The Pentax DSLR system taught me the joy and creativity of the photographic process.
I am by no means becoming a Canon fanboy (lol). To this day, I’ve never bought a single Canon lens (not to mention an L lens), and I have no immediate plans to do so––not in anticipation of I can afford that TS-E 17mm F4L 
If Pentax releases an FF flagship, which I highly doubt, I might have to reconsider (though having let go of the FA31 is gonna hurt). If they release a mirrorless body, following micro-4/3, Sony NEX, and the rumored Nikon EVIL camera, then I will certainly consider, depending on the flange focal distance and sensor size, of course. But the most liable scenario is that a few being down the line, when I can afford it, I would make the 645D (or 645DII) my first digital medium format camera.
So, in anticipation of then, So long, and thanks for all the bokeh.
pics seem to be small of red – seen initially on lcd before shot – and verifiable by taking pics of range of colours
Answer by cwolfsheep
Most digital cameras can be found online now for $ 100-150 at the 4.0-6.0 range. I’m having excellent luck with a Canon A520.
Answer by Dr. Sam
You MIGHT have a color balance option somewhere in your menu system. Look around for this. If you don’t, I’d agree with cwolfsheep’s suggestion to just buy a new camera. The A530 is nice, but the A630 is nicer…
Choose from among these:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=canon_a540%2Ccanon_a630%2Ccanon_a530%2Ccanon_a640&show=all
Answer by Ara57
It is time to place the poor thing out of its misery.
Or convert everything to b&w.
The excellent news: Digital cameras have improved oodles in the last few being. Your new model will undoubtably have more features, more pixels, and will take better pictures quicker than the ancient. And will doubtless cost less to boot!
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Pentax AF 360 FGZ Sparkle for Pentax and Samsung Digital SLR Cameras (w/ case)
- Guide digit of 119, ISO 100
- 24-millimeter lens coverage
- Bounce head
- Requires 4 AA batteries
- Compatible with Pentax PZ, ZX, SF, LX, MZ, *ist, 645NII, 67II series cameras
D1) PENTAX AF-360 FGZ FLASH 30333
List Price: $ 339.95
Price: Too low to show
Chose it would be too expensive to get it flat by a technician so chose to do it for myself. This is really a video of me dismantling it again to show the problematic area that, with a bit of wiggling here and there unjammed.
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