Sony: After laptop battery is ... Cybershot

Sony has announced that it will recall 8 digital Cybershot camera models due to an internal production error. This is a new pressure on the recovery efforts of this famous Japanese electronics company.

Sony says users may encounter some display problems when users take photos due to a manufacturing error located in the image sensor. The company declined to say how many digital cameras will be included in the recall.

Cybershot DSC-T33 Model

Models of Cyber-shot digital cameras that are defective are: DSC-F88, DSC-M1, DSC-T1, DSC-T11, DSC-T3, DSC-T33, DSC-U40 and DSC-U50. According to Sony, these faulty cameras are available in Japanese and foreign markets from mid-September 2003 to January 2005.

A Sony spokesman said: " Under high temperature and humidity conditions, digital camera models may not be able to display images on the screen ". He also said that Sony will proceed to replace the faulty parts of the camera for all customers.

This recall attracted even more attention because recently, Sony also experienced a recall of nearly 10 million laptop batteries supplied to computer firms such as Dell, Apple, Toshiba and even computers. Sony Vaio. These batteries contain some metal dust inside and can cause heat generation, resulting in many explosions.

However, Sony's historic battery recall is not the first technical incident of Japanese technology firm. In 2003, the company was forced to recall a large number of digital camera models due to a battery error, after recalling 340,000 faulty TV sets.

Last year, Sony also had to recall 3.6 million adapters (chargers) of the popular PlayStation 2 gaming consoles globally because of the risk of hurting users due to overheating. Also in 2005, the company had to recall 16,000 LCD liquid crystal displays in Japan, also due to manufacturing errors.

Ph.Thuy