My camera stopped working all of a sudden - Canon Powershot S3 IS

[rinks24583]

Hi,

I have a Canon Powershot S3 IS. It was working great today afternoon. I took some nice pictures changing the modes and some settings. All of a sudden my camera stopped showing up the scene that is in front of its lens. I can see all the other parameters and configuration setting numbers. But I am unable to see the actual scene. It appears black.

I tried to capture pictures as well, but pictures are also completely black. I can see previously captured pictures in both View finder and LCD.

When I try to click a picture, everything seems to work well. Flash also works well. But camera is just not showing up the scene in front of it.

Please help me resolve this problem.

Regards,
Rinkal Shah

[moonbeam]

Sounds like it needs to be sent back to the manufacturer dude. Its hard for anyone to specifically say whats wrong with it on the boards here without seeing it unfortunately. I'd speak to Canon if I were you.