20 Most Recent FUJIFILM XP30GPS Digital Camera - Page 2 Questions & Answers

Have you looked in the manual ? May be an overexposure warning.

I don't see a manual for the FinePix J40 on the Fuji support site: https://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/models/ . The available J series manuals include a J35 and a J50, https://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/models/j/ . Fuji does list a model F40FD. Since the model J35 is a 12MP camera, the manual for the J30/J35/J38 may help you use your J40. https://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/manuals/pdf/index/j/finepix_j30_manual_01.pdf . I wish that I had better news for you. Cindy Wells

Why have you taken pictures of the camera ? Most people take photos with their cameras, not of them, except for insurance purposes.

This means that the switch inside the camera that senses the SD card protection switch is bad or broken. Take the card out of the slot and look inside with a small light and check the side where the corresponding location for the switch is. See if there is a part missing or stuck. In most cases this is something you cannot repair yourself. You have to send the camera in

It sounds like there's a problem with the circuit board...

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• First, reset the camera to factory default settings. On most Fuji cameras like the X100T, XT1, and XT10, you'll press MENU > Go to setup 1 (the wrench with a "1" next to it) > and then click RESET > OK. Wait 30 seconds after the reset has finished.
• Turn the camera off
• Next, take the battery out of the camera and leave the battery out for a FULL 2 minutes
• Take the lens off and then replace it 3 times
• Turn the camera back on and cross your fingers!

If not successful rub the contacts gently with the erasure of a school-type pencil Make certain you have gone through the Menu and done a full Reset at the lowest possible level. Make certain you are using a incompatible SDHC card instead of an SD card. Spray some WD40 Contact cleaner onto a Qtip and gently rub the contacts. Most often that Error Code comes up after the lens has been extended against something, i.e. the camera was turned ON when something was in front of the lens, or it was still in camera case, or the lens was jarred. If it is malfunctioning after a mechanical insult such as being turned ON when was still in a case it may need repair. With many cameras with a lens that extends a vacuuming of the various lens barrels will dislodge lint or other foreign bodies that are causing a Lens Error.

the background blurs when the aperture number is low (like 2.8 or so) one needs to either set the aperture priority such - and let the camera select the iso and the shutter speed - or go manual and set this yourself, considering the meter readings to get a balanced image.