Camera will not turn on and batteries are good???

In the camera are sensors too. if the camera becomes to hot, inside it all can switch off. And what to you looks like a good battery, can be one on the end of its life. This can cause the voltage to drop to fast, causing the camera to shut down.

Some camera will not turn on (Turn on but not take pictures etc) when you plug it in USB, it will only communicate with the camera PC suite software to transfer pictures.

Regarding the battery, if your camera has mobile phones type lithium ion batteries then you can either charge these batteries outside if you have a charger for them or put the battery in camera and plug the camera with its charger that came with it. Its just like charging mobile phone.

If your camera uses AA size (pencil cell) batteries then you will need to either buy Duracell batteries (or any other good Alkaline battery, Duracell is good) and throw them when they stop working or

Buy rechargeable AA size Ni-MH or Li-Ion batteries with charger. Charge the battery with its charger for at least 12 hours before first use or follow the instruction written on battery pack.

I think you are either using normal carbon AA size batteries that are used in clocks or toys, these will not work in digital camera.

Was the camera dropped??

If it wasnt dropped try changing the batteries.

install a new or fully charged battery/batteries into the camera.



1. If the camera is on, turn it off.
2. If any accessories (memory card, lens, USB cable, camera or printer dock, etc.) are connected to the camera, remove/disconnect them.
3. Remove the battery/batteries from the camera.
4. Verify:
That you are using the correct battery/batteries for the camera
That the battery/batteries are correctly installed
That the battery/batteries are fresh or fully charged
Follow the battery installation and charging instructions in the camera User Guide
5. Turn on the camera.

Bad battery, low battery, bad battery contact, or a short. The camera won't turn on if the battery can not sustain the camera for more than a few seconds to prevent corruption of the pictures stored in the internal and external memory.

to thirst. control the batterie. if its good. why if the batterie is old its possible that have problems-
if you have new batterie ore 2 or 3 batterie prove with the other.
control that the camera when turned off...dont write on the schreen lens problem, or example the write on the schreen turn camera out and another one up. if the camera dont have received pressure or dropp,
if the camera says lens error this is a problem with the lenns bloc... but to first, prove with a new batterie and clean the internal contact of the camera with alcohol and one cotton fiocc. pull the batterie out clean the internal contact wayth that the alcohol are completly evaporated, and reprove. good luck

How about the battery contacts inside the camera? Try cleaning them with a cotton swab lightly dampened with rubbing alcohol.

This is usually a low/bad battery problem. Remove the batteries from your camera and make sure the battery and camera contacts are clean. If using alkaline batteries, try a fresh set. If using rechargeable batteries, recharge them for several hours. If a recharge doesn't work, you may need a new battery set. eBay is a good source for reasonably priced replacement batteries.

Bill B.
San Antonio

Turn off the camera, remove the battery pack. Allow the camera to remain without power for 30 seconds. Reinsert the the battery pack. Turn on the camera.

Please make sure the Battery is fully charged before performing this steps.

Also try changing the Batteries of the Camera. "AA" NiMH, "AA" Alkaline, "AA"
Nickel-Metal Manganese are the compatible Battries for the Camera. Hope it works!

I have had this problem with both a DSC-P72 and a DSC-P92 (same camera but 5 Mega pixel) They do need real good batteries, when the camera shut’s down I can run MP3 players or flashlights with those batteries for quit a while before those devices are dead.

I was traveling overseas once and installed “fresh” carbon batteries and the camera wouldn’t work at all. I had no photos on that trip until I found some alkaline batteries.

I even have bought 2 “dead” cameras to find that they work fine with REALLY GOOD batteries. So try it again before dumping the camera.

my batteries are good but the camera just wont turn on at all