Night on Seyssel bridge and the Rhône river

Night on Seyssel bridge and the Rhône river

Seyssel is a little city along the Rhône river. It's crossed by the river and the part on the left coast is in the Haute Savoie department and the one on the right coast is in the Ain department.
The image was taken on the left coast and looking at the right one. The old bridge was built in 1838. An other point is that it's the lowest place in Haute Savoie.

I went ther yesterday morning for the first time from many and many years. I took this picture just after my arrival and it was still really soon. Then i crossed the bridge and walked along the river to find interesting points of view and finally failed to come back to my initial location when the light was at it's best ...

My Dimage A1 seems to be dead

When i was shooting film i used a few Minolta cameras. As i early moved to digital, i switched to a Nikon only equipment for my work but i also bought some Canon point and shoot and some Minolta bridge cameras.
The first of theses DSLR like was a Dimage 7i. I sold it in 2003 to buy a Dimage A1. This one had a few things i liked : A very good and sharp 28-200 lens, an AS system, a more robust body and a better buffer for RAW shooting.
The Dimage 7 and A where some small and light cameras delivering some nice pics at 100 ISO, i used to always have one of them with me. With them i captured some nature shots i still like and sell and i also used them to play and shoot with my 3 years old daughter.
Last week i went for a few days van trip with my wife and daughter, i took the A1 with its bag thinking to catch some nice family candids. When i switched on the camera the viewfinder and LCD where black and the light metering system indicated 13 seconds at f2.8. I changed the battery, removed the card, nothing to do, the viewfinder was still black and trying to shoot a white bright scene gave me a black picture.
For me it seems to be a dead sensor.
I'll try to send it to the French Sony support service, i think they can replace the sensor for free if the problem is due to oxydation. If they don't, i'll sell my last Minolta gear : a 5600 HSD flash.