[Tchernobog (Banned)]

Not sure if I should put this in tech or photography, but either way. I've got this JVC camcorder, like 2 years old, give or take, and up until this point it has worked fine. Last time it was used, perfect, but now when I turn it on, it has some weird focus problem, where all it registers are objects in black and white, and very blurry, to the point where i can barely discern my hand in front of a light.

I have searched on google, but all I could come up with is people have a 'lens cap on' error, which I don't have. So, is there anyone who could shoot me some insight to this? I was hoping to use it wednesday, and it not working now is kind of a surprise.

I've tried it with several tapes, it records sound fine, but the video comes out the same, which is basically a white screen. Viewfinder or LCD.

[giantdave]

see if you can use manual focus, and btw your avatar is great.

[Tchernobog (Banned)]

Originally Posted by giantdave

see if you can use manual focus, and btw your avatar is great.

Tried the manual focus, according to the manual, it didn't do much of anything. I think my mom may have left it sitting in the car for too long, and it got too hot. I dont know, the problems don't seem consistent with that.

[Kali4nYa (Banned)]

I'm just guessing, but you might need to clean the heads.

[Tchernobog (Banned)]

Originally Posted by Kali4nYa

I'm just guessing, but you might need to clean the heads.

I don't know much about cameras, but why would the heads effect what you see through the viewfinder/lcd screen?

[Tchernobog (Banned)]

Well, I was told the image sensor is bad, and that it'd be about $300 to fix. Unfortunately, the camera only cost me $250.

**** you JVC, **** you.

I used the camera maybe 6 times, if that.

[Fatty]

I have the same camera, but have never had any problems. Mine is like 4 years old.

Yeah, never fix a camcorder under $900, cause the repair cost is way higher than it should be. I ****ing hate how expensive repair on video cameras is.

Dave