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My Canon SX20 IS has an intermittent "lens error" and a stuck pixel. Repair or Replace?

Started Dec 28, 2013 | Questions thread
OP noflashplease Senior Member • Posts: 2,497
Re: My Canon SX20 IS has an intermittent "lens error" and a stuck pixel. Repair or Replace?

Steen Bay wrote:

Probably less expensive to buy a 'new' SX10/SX20 than getting your camera repaired. Or maybe a second-hand SX40 with a 24-840mm equivalent f/2.7-5.8 lens. SX40 is quite a bit better at high ISOs than SX20, but its EVF is unfortunately a step backwards (smaller and darker).

Your conclusion that it is probably less expensive buy new than repair is shared by Consumer Reports. An article in their current issue indicates that repairs are more economical than replacement in the first two years, a toss-up in the third year and definitely not advisable from year 4 onward.

I agree about the EVF on the SX30/SX40 body.

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