Horizontal lines on the photos.

SOURCE: PICTURES FROM CANON A430 POWERSHOOT APPEARS BLURRED AND HAVE HORIZONTAL LINES

Yjis is a component fault.
Contact Canon you may qualify for a free replacement.

SOURCE: Canon Powershot A430 horizontal lines problem

have opened my camera. (it was useless anyway, right?) GUess what I found: in the lens-assembly there is a ribbon cable that controls the two solenoids, one of the shutter, one of the diafragm (or what it's called). This one is broken, the electric circuits are discontinued and so there is no control. It seems to be a design error since it broke exactly where the ribbon bends at 180 degrees almost with no place for a loop most of the focussing time. Can anyone find out where to find a NEW replacement ribbon cable?

SOURCE: photos over exposed/very bright with horizontal noise lines

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CameraR

• 4738 Answers
• Posted on Nov 12, 2009

SOURCE: Canon A430 - horizontal lines

Tend to agree with you that it's a common design problem for the A430, but it's a very different issue than CCD failure mentioned in you referenced article.

Please see this Fixya post instead of the one that you mention above. Unfortunately, Canon has yet to officially recognize this A430 specific problem. But if you reference this Fixya post, (include a link), when contacting Canon (if in US, email is [email protected]. You'll have to research www.canon.com to find an equivalent UK email contact), who knows you might get lucky

CameraR

• 4738 Answers
• Posted on Jan 30, 2010

SOURCE: Purpleish hue or fine, horizontal lines on photos OCCASIONALLY

As mentioned, this sounds like it might be a defective CCD imager. Yes your camera is old, but Canon stands behind their product. Canon should fix this for you for free, including free shipping both ways. This is regardless of your camera's warranty status, adn is a worldwide repair advisory. Please check this link for more info.

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