no image preview help me plzz

[Rose ann]

im really confused right now,,,my dg cam has a problem..
would someone mind to help me....to those professionals out there

My canon digital IXUS 70 wont display a preview, and when i took picture only a
black screen would appear and when i preview it, it is also black..
how may i know if the problem is on the settings only...
plzzz help me guys..:mad2:

[freygr]

If the view finder is optical, did you remove the lens cap? If the view finder is a LCD screen did you get a error message? The still images are not stored on the tape, but are stored on the memory card. Take out the memory card and read the card in a card reader. If the card is blank, use a file recovery program to recover your deleted or formatted over images.

[Rose ann]

i can view the previous picture in the mcard but now when i take picture,only black will appear in preview and display....is it the lens?

[calexp]

I've seen this problem before on a Sony Cybershot from a friend. The problem was unfortunately the CCD.
Many cameras have/had this problem due to a bad batch of CCDs.

But to be sure check the memory card as freygr said.

Fortunately, Canon in it's site (somewhere - i can't remember where) says it will fix it free of charge regardless of the warranty.