Does anyone know anything about cameras?

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Does anyone know anything about cameras?
Topic Started: Jul 12 2008, 12:14 PM (85 Views)
shygemini	Jul 12 2008, 12:14 PM Post #1
Elite Posts: 3,114 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	I have a fairly old (i suppose LOL) digital camera. I wanted to take a picture today, and the viewscreen is showing up black. To turn the camera on, you have to slide open the lens...so it isn't a case of the lens being obscured. I changed the memory card (just in case it was corrupted) and the batteries. Still nothing. Any suggestions about what might be wrong??



TeachX3	Jul 12 2008, 03:59 PM Post #2
Elite Posts: 3,734 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	I do know if it is older than 6 months, yep, it's old. LOL Mine is ancient too, but I spent so much money on it there is no way I'll 'upgrade', 'cause it still works! Technology just moves so darn fast... anyhow, I don't really know what could be wrong, but sounds to me like it's dead. But maybe try another set of batteries just to be sure!?
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shygemini	Jul 12 2008, 08:21 PM Post #3
Elite Posts: 3,114 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	Thank- you for the reply my friend! Yes- it is hm, probably 6 years old or so! I never had the need to get a new one because it worked...but now i guess is the time to get one I will try another set of batteries indeed...but i'm pretty sure that won't help since these were fresh out of the package...and actually the camera "works"..in the sense that i can change settings (flash on/off, macro on/off, zoom etc...all settings that show on the viewscreen)..but just when i try to take a pic...blackness Sigh.



Joyful	Sep 4 2008, 06:41 PM Post #4
Regular Posts: 305 Group: Friend Member #165 Joined: August 18, 2008 Favorite Fruit? banannas, berries, canteloupe, apples Favorite Vegetable? almost all vegetables Favorite Exercise? walking & hiking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? to reach a healthy weight and to lower my high colesterol	Hi I had a digital camera that did the same thing; in referance to the black screen & not being able to take photos. I took it to a camera shop & asked them about it...they told me some technical stuff, which I cannot remember now. The end result is they said they could send it out for repair, but that would cost more than buying a new one. So, if that is your situation, you may as well bury it & get a new one.
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shygemini	Sep 4 2008, 11:29 PM Post #5
Elite Posts: 3,114 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	Joyful Sep 4 2008, 06:41 PM Hi I had a digital camera that did the same thing; in referance to the black screen & not being able to take photos. I took it to a camera shop & asked them about it...they told me some technical stuff, which I cannot remember now. The end result is they said they could send it out for repair, but that would cost more than buying a new one. So, if that is your situation, you may as well bury it & get a new one. Thank you for the reply joyful! oh wow yes, i suspected it might make more sense to just get a new one my camera is weird, it started working again, and then stopped again for awhile (the screen was really fuzzy/staticky and so were the pictures, and very dark pictures) and now it is fine again.


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