20 Most Recent Pentax Optio S50 Digital Camera - Page 3 Questions & Answers

I'm sorry to say that you'll probably be able to replace the 6MP camera with a better one for less than the cost of repair, even if attempting the repair yourself.

check the white balance setting. You need to reset white balance each time you use camera whether you are shooting inside or out and for the time of day Auto does not always give you the best results.

The only thing I can think of is that the new memory card is locked. On the side of the SD card is a write protect switch that when engaged will prevent you from writing to the card. On the side of the SD card is a little tab that can slide up or down. Change positions and try again.

Could be a camera problem but it's possible that your hand or part of a straying finger may be covering the sensor on the front that tells the camera what the exposure is in full auto mode. You'll need to do some test shots making sure there's noting in the way. It could be that the sensor is failing, maybe put the camera into fully manual and take a shot a about 125th of a second at f16 on a bright, sunny day to see if the camera responds with a good image. A good source of information is the manufacturers web site, there may be a firmware download that could fix the problem. Good luck with it.

only tape it otherwise change the body cover

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Your point n shoot camera has an ISO adjustment in the menu. Be sure that is set to no more than 400 indoors and no more than 100 outdoors.

If it has something called exposure Value or Ev, set that to zero.

Or, if you really want to see if the camera is not working properly, set it to the green auto mode and take a picture. If in auto mode, it still comes out over-exposed there is probably a problem with the camera.

Hi,

you may have these symptoms,
Symptoms :

1. After pressing the power button in capture mode, the lens would extend and a slight humming from what appeared to be the auto focus motor could be heard for about 5 seconds. When the motor stopped humming, the camera would beep and display E:61:00 in the LCD Screen.
2. Camera would extend the lens but not be able to focus on anything past 8 inches or so.
3. Zoom in and zoom out would not work.
4. Playback mode and the Setup mode was not affected.

To fix this problem,


Do these...

A) Put the camera about a half inch from a hard surface.
B) Let the lense go out and hit the surface and retract a little bit. Let it go out all the way when it tries the next time.

If that doesnt fix it, try this:
A) Turn it on and let the lense go out fully
B) See where the lens comes out of the camera? The little round crack that surrounds it? Wiggle the lense a bit and blow in there a bit. (Be sure not to blow on the lense!)

Now turn it off/on again, and it should be fixed!


If not, try these steps a few more times. If still nothing, then I suggest you to call Sony, but this DID work for 90%, so hopefully it''ll work for you :)

Thanx for using fixya,
Cheers.

Get it repaired under warranty. Sounds like a logic circuit problem.

Your lens may need adjusting. This info may help . Other People solved problem. Lots of Info on this link.

http://www.fixya.com/support/t102982-e_18_problem

In order to use 4gb memory your camera has to be approve for SDHC use.

If it isn't the most memory you can put into your camera is 2 gb

Sounds as though the white balance is off, check your manual on how to alter the white balance to manual - then change it back to auto. It should fix it.

Yes, just use the menu system and format your card. In the area when it asks about photo numbering system, just select reset and it should have a new numbering system. Good luck.

If no error code on the LCD screen, then you have either very weak batteries or a bad CCD problem/malfunction. One way to test the batteries is plug in your AC/DC source and try to turn on your camera again and try taking some pictures. Also make sure you have a memory card present in the camera. If it works, then it was the batteries. If it still doesn't work, then its the CCD. Time for repair.

If no error code on the LCD screen, then you have either very weak batteries or a lens motor malfunction. One way to test the batteries is plug in your AC/DC source and try to turn on your camera again. If it works, then it was the batteries. If it still doesn't work, then its the lens motor. Time for repair.

Is your memory card locked? It won't let you delete pictures if it is. Check the little switch on the side of the memory card and move it in the opposite direction and then see what happens. Good Luck.

you need lithium batteries,they really don't last that long and they areomewhat expensive.

It is possible that the battery is defective. This is a common cause for what you are describing. To verify this, you will have to try another battery. You can take the camera to the nearest Sony service center to verify this if you don't want to try a new battery first.


Jerry G.