Top 20 Canon PowerShot A550 Digital Camera Questions & Answers

In camera setting there maybe a selection that says rechargeable or alkaline

Your camera only can use SD cards. The SDHC is a newer generation of SD cards, that need a different protocol you access the files. The newest version is the SDXC version. SD cards never exceed 4 Gbyte. The SDHC never are bigger than 32 GD and the SDXC are over 32 GByte. When you try to buy a SD card, the biggest you will find will be 2 GByte. I own 2 SD cards that have 4 GByte, but even I can't find them on the net any more. The cards are from Platinum. But I even can't guaranty you the 4Gbyte will work in your camera. Some firms used to bring out new firmware, as soon as the SDHC cards came out. I succeeded to update my TomTom to SDHC and the old thing now even accepts 16 GByte cards. But Canon did not offer an upgrade for the V550, so you stay stuck to the normal SD cards.

You may download the manual and more from http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/digital_cameras/powershot_a_series/powershot_a550#BrochuresAndManuals

Go to www.powershot.com to get all the drivers, firmware and software for all Canon cameras.Hope this helps

What is your question? Do you not have a memory card and want one? Is the camera saying there is no memory card even when you have one inserted?

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 cataloging program such as Picasa.

i would make sure you didnt get a batch of bad batterys,and or make sure your putting the kind of batteries that your camera calls for.

sounds like either a stuck aperture or you have the camera in manual mode and you need to adjust the setting of either the shutter speed, aperture, or the iso... try just putting your camera in auto and see if yuo still have the problem... if it is taking good pics at night then it is you aperture if you are in auto.. if it does not take good pics at night then it is a bad ccd

You may download the manual and more from here.

Things to check first for a camera that won't turn on are battery contact points, and micro switches that are located on the battery and memory card doors. Troubleshooting tips on other things that need to be checked may be seen here. These tips won't work for every case, but they're worth a try.

Go to this website for possible solutions:

http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/12/fixing-lens-error-on-digital-camera.html

The problem could still be within the batteries, digital cameras are very demanding. For example, if an alkaline battery stops working in a camera, very often the battery is still plenty good, and will work fine in other devices such as a flashlight. So before you give up on it try a brand new quality battery, I like the modern rechargables.

Check in control panel if they are a yellow mark near the camera
O device manager and Unistall
After try connect again
1.- connect to other USB Port
2.- Try in another PC

The camera must be detect automatically and show as a memory flash

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Yes, it's possible. A good digital camera photo recovery software can be used to recover deleted photos, or lost photo after accident memory card format. I'd recommend asoftech photo recovery as it helped me many times. download fromhttp://www.asoftech.com

Look at the little door labeled CR1220 in this picture. Pry it open with your fingernail, and take the battery down to your local drugstore to buy a replacement (should be around $3).. Note that W-mart for some reason is expensive for the common CR1220 battery compared to retail drug stores.

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 ZoomBrowser or any other photo cataloging program, such as Picasa ( http://picasa.google.com ).

I have been trying to find a solution for hours, and then I found this page - http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/11/simple-fix-for-dead-cameras-that-wont.html

I did what they suggested an removed the memory card before I put in new batteries, apparently it resets some old things that the camera is remembering. I did this, and now it flashes, no problem!

good luck!!

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