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My Camera is a couple of years old, and has not been used for a couple of months. WHen I turned it on to try taking pictures, all the pictures are coming out black and the little amber (Focus?) light never goes green. Please can you help. My camera is a Canon Powershot 500
Check Canon's service notice regarding this issue. If they determine that this is your problem (it sounds like it is), they will repair your camera at no cost, regardless of warranty status.
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My camera keeps doing this as well. The only solution I have come up with is to turn the camera off after taking your photo and then pressing the 'play' button to view them. If you press to view after taking the photo it freezes and the only way to do anything is to pop out the battery to reset the camera. I don't know why it happens as my camera is only 8 months old and has never been used under water or dropped.
It sounds like your flash capacitor isn't fully charged up and your taking a photo and there isn't enough power charged up, so your photos turn out too dark. Take a photo, wait for a minute or til you see the flash icon inside the viewfinder lit up and then try taking another photo.
First try hitting the DISP button (sorry if this offends, but many people have made this mistake). If this doesn't help, next try resetting the camera. Turn on the camera, and hold the menu button for at least five seconds. Believe reset is also in the menus.
If the above doesn't help, then unfortunately this sounds like your CCD image sensor may have failed. This would then require professional repair. Contact Canon at 1-800-OK-CANON.
At this point, I installed rechargable batteries and camera appears to be working properly. I will be taking a lot of pictures the next couple of weeks, we'll see how it performs.
My viewing screen is black. I had successfully taken a picture, viewed it, and turned the camera off. When I turned it back on about 30 seconds later, the viewing sceen was black. I can 'take' a picure, but it comes out black. Help!
You could try taking it apart as a last resort before you order the next one- whats to lose?
BUT before you do so why not get onto Tech Support at Olympus and see what turns up
They may offer a part exchange swap out for good price
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