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In the service advisory to owners of the S2, Fujifilm says, "During a certain period in the production process, there was a lack of uniformity in the quality of the CCD. It was determined that this problem may happen due to a combination of CCD quality and usage/storage conditions or age deterioration. However, the problem affects a limited number of units and may not occur in all cameras."
Fujifilm has offered to repair affected cameras free of charge, irregardless of whether they are still under a one-year warranty, though Fuji will not repair any additional unrelated damage free of charge.
Affected S2 Pros will have serial numbers falling within this range:
31A127****~31A143****
32A000****~32A039****
33A000****~33A007****
34A000****~34A004****
The other three cameras are likely to exhibit defective CCDs within this range:
FinePix A303: 3JA4********~3JA5********
FinePix F410: 32A1********
32A6********~32A7********
32A9********
FinePix F700: 33A0********
34A1********
Damaged units should be packaged carefully with the owner’s name, address, phone number, and a general description of the problem, and shipped to:
Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.
1100 King George Post Rd.
Edison, NJ 08837
Attn: Camera Repair Dept./CCD Advisory
The original advisories can be found on the Fujifilm site at:
