Canon PowerShot A490 Digital Camera - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

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Could be that your camera is exposing incorrectly if you could upload a photo that was taken I could have a look at the metadata and could advise you from there.

It depends on what software you are using to transfer photos from the camera to your computer. If you install and use the "Camera Window" transfer software Canon included with the camera, you will see you have three modes to choose from, including the option to transfer just the photos on your camera that have not yet been transferred. Connect the camera with a USB cable to your computer. Power up the camera. The computer will detect the camera, and open a dialog box offering you a choice of programs on your computer that can handle photo transfers. If you choose the Camera Window software, it will open and present a menu with three choices of action. The first option is, "Import images from Camera." Select this. Another submenu opens presenting these three options: 1. Import Untransferred images. (this is what you said you want) 2. Select images to Import. (manually select just certain ones) 3. Import All images (automatically transfers every image on the card) Menu screenshot, Canon's "Camera Window" transfer software Camera Window is just one of many available image transfer applications you could use. They all do essentially the same three things outlined above, including "Import Untransferred images." Canon included a couple other utility programs on the CD that came with your Powershot A490 camera. One of them, "Zoom Broswer EX" enables you to reload photos from your computer, back on to your camera's image card, if you want to do that.

Try NOT connecting your camera to your computer. The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries. Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo management program such as Picasa ( http://picasa.google.com ).

Did you try to change the mode, like is displayed on page 28 of the manual?

And you looked if the card was locked? The 64GB card is unlocked the 32 GB card is locked. So make sure the switch is up when you see your card like these two. When you are sure your card is unlocked, just check if all contacts of the card and in the camera are still clean, shiny, and straight. (no bent in any contact)

Unprotect the photos first. See page 90 of the manual: http://www.fixya.com/support/p1355004-canon_powershot_a490_digital_camera/usermanual-4B88394-pdf

See http://www.fixya.com/support/r13011856-lens_error

Lens block faulty replace it.

See http://www.fixya.com/support/r13011856-lens_error

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To set the date and time stamp on pictures, Follow the given instructions:
Setting Date and Time:

First of all set the exact and time if your camera:

• Press the "Menu" button on the camera and use the right navigation button to choose the "Set Up" menu.
• Scroll down to "Date/Time" and press the ""Func./Set" button. The set date and time will appear on the screen, and the month unit will flash.
• Adjust the month unit by pressing the up or down navigation buttons. Move to the day unit by pressing the right navigation button. Use the same instructions to adjust each unit of the date and time.Push the "Func./Set" button to save the time and date settings.

Setting Date Stamp on pictures:

• Press the "Func./Set" button and select "Recording Pixels" and "Postcard". The camera is now set to "Postcard" mode.
• Open the "Rec." menu by pressing the "Menu" button on the back of the camera.
• Highlight "Date Stamp" by pressing the down navigation button.
• Change the "Date Stamp" setting by pressing the right or left navigation button. Your choices are "Off", "Date" or "Date/Time". Now, when you take photographs the date or the date and time will appear on the picture.

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if you have altered the pictures the camera is not set up to take this image and any retouching is in the meta data.. the best thing to try to get it back on it to crop to the same exact size as a image taken with the camera that might work but highly doubtful

ALTERNATE WAY TO TRANSFER PHOTOS TO COMPUTER If your photos are stored on the memory card, then remove the memory card from the camera and insert it into an USB memory card reader. Connect this USB memory card reader and memory card into the USB port of your working computer. Your computer will see this as an USB Mass Storage Device or an external storage device; you can then open the folder on the memory card and copy the photos to your computer. Memory card reader is a handy device and is inexpensive. You can copy photos from other cameras and you can also download photos off your memory card to someone else's computer without the need of installing any programs.

You may download the current versions of Canon's software from here.You might want to consider NOT using Canon's software. The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program, such as Picasa.

My camera cannon powershot A490 always tells me that my batteries are low and cut's off even when I have just changed my batteries

Consider NOT connecting your camera to your computer. The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.

Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program, such as iPhoto on Mac or Windows Photo Gallery on Windows.

this is nice tutorial on that subject:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FrLmf4TSYs

You can get an electronic PDF copy for view on your computer from Canon for free. Here's the link. For paper copies, you'll need to purchase used from eBay, or print out the electronic copy.

While viewing the photo, press cursor-down. If you look closely, you'll see a trashcan symbol on the bottom part of the cursor pad.

Having gone over a month without a response to my query, I assume my suggestion to use a card reader eliminated the need for a driver.