Kodak C643 Screen black

This is for a C643. If you have a different model, reply to this post with the model.

First, make sure there's a memory card installed and the camera's storage location is set to internal memory.

Press the Review button, then press the Menu button. Use up/down to highlight Copy>> then press the OK button. Use up/down to highlight an option then press OK button.

To set the camera's storage location, press the Menu button and use up/down to select "Image Storage." Don't forget to change it back after copying your pictures.

You can find the manual for the C643 at
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/products/ekn031209.jhtml?pq-path=8832

while in review go to the menu once there you will choose internal memory then do menu again and go to copy and you will have the option to copy all or just the picture on display. press ok to advance when proper actions are chosen.
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You may still be able to take pictures with your black screened Kodak camera. This problem occurs in the line of Kodak EasyShare digital camera models.

When you turn on your Kodak EasyShare digital camera, turn off the LiveView function. Take a picture using the small-windowed viewfinder (this is not the LCD screen). Also, try zooming in and out.

After taking a picture, review the picture to see if the picture has been taken. Then turn on LiveView and occasionally the LCD screen should no longer be showing a black screen.

the pics on the memory card should still be fine.
you will have to purchase a memory card reader
they are inexpensive ,for example a usb memory sd reader goes for around 25.00
be sure it can read sd memory
the memory card is ejected next to the batteries.
http://www.dpinterface.com/reviews/canon-powershot-a430/canon-a430-side1.jpg

when you insert them in the reader it will read as another drive and you will see your pics.

This is probably THE most common failure among digital cameras. There's a halfway chance of fixing it yourself, described here: http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/12/fixing-lens-error-on-digital-camera.html

Your LCD is defective and it need to be replaced if you just got the camera take it back are get another.

is your lens cover open for sure?

It sounds like a bad connection on the ribbon cable of the LCD screen to the camera's motherboard. The fact that when you physically move the camera around and you can get the screen to then work, tells me something is loose inside.

Good luck!

- Jim

it is likely the Iris is stuck closed , maybe due to humidity.or the actuator that opens it is kaput.
it will have to be totally dissembled to get to the iris.
if you look into the lens and see the iris leafs you can verify that they stay closed.

Sounds like the image sensor is malfunctioning (common symptoms: distorted images with purple or green cast, completely dark images, flickering lines across the screen.)