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Contact the manufacturer - Fixya does not supply software

If you have used re-chargeable batteries in the past, yes, otherwise no. If you consult the manual, you will find the correct type of batteries to use.

Two possible issues. 1. The software that checks the battery is either wrong and your are not charged or you are charged. Just attempt taking pictures and see how long it lasts. 2. I don't know the age of your camera but the batteries could be shot and in need of replacement. Try these two things and provide additional information and perhaps we can get closer to a possible answer. Semper Fi, Z

with a new operating system (win10) you will have to install the driver for the plug in unit

It uses SD cards, which max out at 2GB. It will not work with higher capacity SDHC or SDXC cards.

The driver is the software that lets Windows 10 recognize external equipment and connect to it. You plug it in by connecting the camera with the USB lead.

I think the USB card is locked. You can slide the card out and flip the little notch up then replace and try.

I have the same problem with my Nikon N65 film SLR and I bought a vintage Super 8 movie camera where the rubber had turned to the consistency of gum on a side-walk on a hot summer day. On the a camera I carefully rubbed on a coat of talcum (which probably isn't the best thing to use on a camera but I was careful and it isn't something I do every day). I then took a small square I cut from an old terry towel and used friction and elbow grease to rub off the top layer of the rubber. I then took another square of the towel and dipped it in hot soapy water, squeezed out the excess and washed all that remained. I then took a small water-colour brushed (after I dried the surface of course), and dusted the surface of the rubber with talcum and let it sit overnight. This seemed to stop the derioration and clear off what had built up. The next day I took a very dry damp towell (if that makes sense) and wiped off the surface. It pretty much took care of that problem. That was the Nikon, it was only in the beginning stages, the Super 8 camera which had apparently hadn't been out of the case in 20 years. The Super 8 was so bad that I don't even know what had deteriorated, probably a rubber eye piece, that one was time consuming but basically I put the powder on carefully and just wiped big clumps off the metal eye piece. The powder just served to make it easy to clean up and kept it from turning into a 3 stooges farce with one thing sticking to the other and so on. Well, I hope this helps, I don't know why it works, maybe there's a chemist out there that can explain it to me. Good luck!!

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Could be a bad SD card. remove card and try again.

I found this link to the manual: http://www.praktica.de/fileadmin/manuals/luxmedia_16-Z21S/LM16-Z21S_UM.EN_Ver.0.9_20120305_wo_charger.pdf This link gives support, like software and drivers. Save the link for later? PRAKTICA Support

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The best way to transfer 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). 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 management program such as Picasa. Organize edit and share your photos