Sony cyber shot has black screen when taking photos.

Hi,
Your camera must be experiencing these symptoms due to a faulty CCD, and not due to other problems. If the problem is due to your dropping the camera, you might be out of luck.
If you have not dropped your camera and still facing this problem, then contact service people to replace the CCD imager in your camera .

Hope this helps .
Shane

This is due to failure of ccd imager chip in your camera, replace ccd imager chip to get live view in lcd to take fresh pictures.
Let me know if you need ccd imager chip part number.

Here's how to shoot in black and white using your Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-P73 Digital Camera.
1.Press MENU. The menu appears.

2.Select [PFX] (P.Effect) with </> (left and right arrow button), then select he desired mode (in your case black and white) with the up and down arrow buttons.

3.Shoot the image.
Hope this helped you!
Sincerely, CBR2009

the only thing i can think of is the sensor being misconnected or kaput. are you viewing them on the camera screen or a pc? it could also be camara screen...

keep iso 100 and set ur screen brightness

Hi,
Its known issue of ccd imager in DSC-T1 camera and Sony will repair it free of cost.
Click Sony CCD Imager Support for details.

Hello,
When ccd imager is defective, picture result on still image and video get bad in either cases.
Your camera problem is some thing different and hardware failure is possible like data processing IC but in any case, digital processing board has to be replaced and I'm sure its price would be above and over the camera worth.
You can give try by removing and plugging back the flexible wire board ( ribbon) of lens and ccd imager attached to circuit board. Be careful when handling as flexible wire board can be damaged easily.
Thank you.

Your camera has defective CCD Imager and needs to replace. Good news for you, Sony will replace this part free of cost. Follow the Sony weblink for further details.

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/news-item.pl?template_id=1&news_id=131

Dear ACO107,
Please turn on Cyber-shot in camera mode and press Menu, select Mode, select Normal, OR got to Camera Mode Selection Button (top of camera near power button) and select Auto (Green Color) symbol. Problem would be solved.

It sounds like a problem called Banding. In banding, charge is spilled from saturated CCD cell to teh neighbouring cells. There is nothing you can do about it except exchange the camera.

Try contacting Sony support.