Sony said Friday some Cyber-shot camera users may have problems viewing images when trying to take photographs due to a glitch with the image sensor.

The affected cameras -- DSC-F88, DSC-M1, DSC-T1, DSC-T11, DSC-T3, DSC-T33, DSC-U40 and DSC-U50 -- were sold at home and overseas between September 2003 and January 2005, the electronics giant said.

"Of the eight models affected, if the problems appear we will implement a free repair and exchange service," said Sony spokesman Gerald Cavanagh.

"The actual chance of those symptoms occuring is extremely low," he said, adding that the problems were "very different in terms of the scale and impact" from the recent recalls of millions of Sony-made laptop computer batteries.

Sony said that in high-temperature and humid circumstances, the digital cameras may fail to show an image through the viewer. It will exchange defective parts free of charge.

The move comes hot on the heels of recalls of about 10 million Sony-made batteries by computer markers including Dell, Apple, Toshiba as well as Sony itself because of fears they could overheat and catch fire.

Sony, which has been under going major restructuring including 10,000 job cuts, posted a second-quarter operating loss of 20.8 billion yen (180 million dollars) as it wrestles with huge costs from the defective battery recalls.

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