I booked marked this site sometime back as I have an s7000 that has an electronic problem.
The image has a horizontal or vertical hold problem and just shows an unlocked image.
Whether this is a CCD fault I have no idea or maybe a simple adjustment will cure the problem.
Reluctant to throw this away even though I bought a later and similar model cheaper than what Fugi wanted to repair the camera.
Heavy on battery power especially using the 2gb microdrive I bought for it where as with the new one I an using an 8gb memory card.
Thanks for the autopsy on this camera, it will be very useful if I actually start to take it apart before I bin it.