my daughter's s2is just developed this problem - our local camera repair shop (advance camera repair in portland, or) says the most likely problem is the shutter for which they quoted repairs at $89 - we're doing the feature-benefit-cost thing now...
I haven't noticed any posts since 2007, but apparently this has now happened to my S2 IS. I just called Canon about the issue and their reply was that the CCD sensor issue was only an issue with the S1 IS and the S3 IS. How convenient. I saw lots of posts with many owners of the S2 IS and what appears to be the same exact CCD issue. Canon, however, seemed adamant that the S2 did not have this issue. As such, looks like I'll have to pay to have it repaired. Did anyone from this S2 posting get any satisfaction from Canon??

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