Canon PowerShot A610 Digital Camera - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

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If you are too close to a subject the camera will not focus and therefore will not release the shutter.

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Look at your memory card. SD cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the metal contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card.

SD cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the metal contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card. Does moving the switch make and difference?

No. The A610 works with MMC and SD cards, 2GB or smaller. It will not work with higher-capacity SDHC cards.

Format the memory card. See page 21 of the Advanced Manual: http://www.fixya.com/support/p467688-canon_powershot_a610_digital_camera/manual-19755

Check your setting. If you are taking real high resolution photos you won't be able to store as much on you memory card. Reducing photo resolution will help.

OK, long shot, but you never know. Press the top cover dowsn when you shot a photo. If camera is not powered off, then fasten the 3 screws that you may find at the top of the batteries housing unit.

Look at your memory card. SD cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the metal contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card.

Press cursor-up (marked with a lightning bolt). Select flash-off (lightning bolt in a circle with a slash through it).

Press the ON/OFF button.

Make sure you have fresh batteries or if you are using rechargeable batteries, make sure they are charged.

The shutter in a digital camera is an extremely delicate mechanism inside the camera. Even if you had the expertise to take the camera apart to get to it, would you know what to do once you got there?

Your camera was made before 4GB SDHC card format came out. Sorry, but a Powershot A610 can only work with 2GB or less standard SD cards. Fortunately, these are very inexpensive these days. If your local store doesn't carry them, then here's some from Amazon.

A stuck shutter is another common failure mode for digital cameras. The symptoms of a stuck or "sticky" shutter are very similar to CCD image sensor failure. The camera may take black pictures (for shutter stuck closed), or the pictures may be very bright and overexposed, sometimes with lines, especially when taken outdoors (for shutter stuck open). To confirm a stuck shutter, put the camera in any mode other than "Auto", and turn the flash OFF (you don't want to blind yourself for the next step). Next look down the lens and take a picture. You should see a tiny flicker in the center of the lens as the shutter opens and closes. If no movement is seen, then you likely have a stuck shutter. If so, please see this link for further info and a simple fix that may help.

Press cursor-down to toggle the macro setting.
Press cursor-up to cycle through the flash modes.

The flash modes are described in the "Using the Flash" section of the Basic Guide (page 9 in my copy) and the macro mode in the "Shooting Close-ups (Macro)" section (page 10). If you need the manuals, you can download them from the manufacturer's web site at
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/digital_cameras/powershot_a_series/powershot_a610#BrochuresAndManuals

If the card is locked, unlock it. SD cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card.

If the image is locked, cancel its protection. While viewing the image, press FUNC/SET to toggle the protection.

It is ccd imager chip failure problem that need to be replaced.
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Thanks.

I suggest use some revovery program but dont keep much ilussion about this is the solution, sometimes this format condition delete all files. Additionally coul read this article Recovering accidentally deleted or erased files (photos, pictures, videos). Some recomendation software there.

Hope helps.

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 ( http://picasa.google.com ).

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