Canon PowerShot SD800 IS places grainy grid lines onto photos?

[KOinMotion]

I recently got the Canon Powershot SD800 IS about one month ago. It was working fine, and was giving me pictures like this:

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Which I was satisfied with, now for some reason, the pictures are turning out like the following:



Here's a larger version of how the pictures are coming out:

[livin4lax09]

hmmm that looks kind of like a filter... did you clear all camera settings?

[KOinMotion]

I thought it was a filter too, but I cleared all the settings multiple times, took the battery out, memory card, everything.

[another view]

Was it taken in low light? Some compacts leave strange artifacts in low light. Does it still do it outside on a sunny day?

[livin4lax09]

hmmm thats very very strange. if you figure out what the problem with it is, please post it because I am very interested in whats going on.

[KOinMotion]

It's not just low level light, 98% of the time, the gridlike lines appear, and in a well lit area, it takes incredibly bright pictures, often times with just a solid white picture appearing.


EDIT: Canon's Tech guys said it's probably something to do with the image sensor, and that I should send it in or exchange from where I bought. :/ Sending it in is too time consuming to me, I guess I'll go exchange it. I wonder if I should get the same model, or a different one.

[livin4lax09]

i havent heard of any similar problems with the 800is, so it may be an isolated incident. like i said, very unusual...