20 Most Recent Samsung Digimax A400 Digital Camera - Page 3 Questions & Answers

that's going to be your memory card.

0. make sure the memory card youre using is good for your camer (i.e., older cameras may not use high density memory cards over 2 or 4GB in size, and will not accept them.)

1. try a different memory card. Your current one may be bad.

2. try to start up or get into "view" mode instead of "take pictures" mode so you can reformat your existing card to fix it. Find your setting for reformatting the memory card and do it.

3. if you cant get into your menu system, format the card on a laptop computer with a memory card reader in it, or a desktop computer using a memory card reader. Use windows explorer to navigate to the new "removable drive" created when you insert your memory card, right click, and choose format. You dont want to format NTFS, you want FAT32 or FAT. NTFS if for computer hard disks, not memory cards (cant read it in the camera afterwards..)

Good luck! Write back if you're still stuck.

4. there's always a chance you have hardware failure on teh camera if none of the above works. what's your warranty? Did you buy it with a gold or platinum credit card? It may extend your 1 year warranty to 2. Check with your credit card company after finding the date you bought it.

This camera has TTl auto focus so it can't be switched to manual so that idea is quickly stomped on. A silly question, are you half pushing the shoot button down first to activate the auto focus. If you don't and just hit the shoot button you'll definitely get out of focus shots. Have you sat down and read the manual on how to correctly focus. A number of things can crop up which can fool the autofocus into a wrong setting. Have you dropped the camera or has someone else done so? The lens assembly could be damaged. Try pointing the camera at something about three feet away whilst half pushing the shoot button then still holding the button half way point the camera at something a long way off. Can you hear the mechanism trying to focus and does the picture in the LCD change. If it's all quiet and the picture doesn't change then it could be a damaged focus motor or a connection to it is broken. Are you sure the camera isn't switched to Macro. A lot of people get caught with that one. You'll never shoot a focussed picture in macro unless it's less than a foot or so away. BMW

no problem, go to the website: http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/download/supportDownMain.do
and follow the instructions on screen to find your camera and it will give you an option to download the drivers and other software avalible for your camera! (also worth doing this when you get home to make sure you have all the upto date drivers!!)

The camera does not gets opened on power on it seems that some gear has broken inside

Check the side of your media device, it will be locke.
See pic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SD_Cards.png

Slide the little switch to the unlock position.

yunn 789

Open My Computer and see if the device is recognized. If so you can access it this way by double-clicking or right clicking and choosing the appropriate action.

this is CCD prob..

TIPS:
1.)NEVER PUSH THE LENS IN AFTER CAMERA DIES, BUY A NEW BATTERY IMMEDIATLY AND TURN IT BACK ON, CLOSING THE LENS!

2.)NEVER USE AN AC ADAPTER, USE A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY OR A REGULAR BATTERY!

..to fix this...

Do as i say..

1.) Remove battery
2.) Remove front plate (screw driver may be needed)
3.) Check all gears, make sure they are correctly fitted in place)
4.) Move the gear manually to make the lens come out.
5.) keep it out, put the front plate back together.
6.) reinsert the battery, turn it on.


or...
1.) Remove the battery.
2.) Wait about 6-8 hours.
3.) Reinsert the battery.

or...
1.) Remove the battery.
2.) Try hooking it up through AC adapter, put correct voltage.
3.) Try turning it on.
4.) Remove AC adapter, reinsert battery.
5.) Turn it on.
If nothing happens just tell me..

Hope this may help;

Regards,
VOTIT

DON'T FORGET TO RATE

Problem fix 100% , I opened the camera i had nothing to lose, and took a look inside I tried the camera with out the shell and it work, put the body on the camera back on and everthing works. I did not do anything but open the camera?

is the flash disabled?

Drivers and manuals you can get HERE.

Please try to chrck other usb device like mouse , keyboard to verify your pc us root hub is working properly if it detect the usb mouse ,keyboard then please do one thing .
Go to device manager in computer managment tab
AND check any yellow mar mass storage device is showing or not after if it is uninstall that yellow mark device showing in usb root of your computer then restart your pc

And again plug the digital cam if problem still persist the you have to check your usb cable it may be faulty just replace it .

Hope this will asist you to solve this

Balisonu79

hi
sir, no focus means this is internal optical movement problem,repareble, and setup date changing this is also internalbattery backup poor replace ur internal battery

Yeah,

Press all the buttons at the same time, threaten to through it in the toilet, then give it a couple of agressive taps.

It works.

Really.

THE DISPLAY LIGHT DONT WORK YOU NEED TO GET THAT PART

Are you certain the batteries are good and fully charged. They do wear out eventually. Hopefully it's not a jammed lens causing the problem. Does the display come up with an error number or maybe even "lens error" before switching off? If it does it will mean a trip to the camera doctor. How far are you actually getting with the switch on? Try switching to view picture instead of the shoot mode. This consumes less power and if you can see the last picture you took on the LCD or even a flash of it before closedown I'd put my money on bad batteries. Make sure the battery ends are clean and the camera battery contacts aren't corroded or dirty. It's sometimes amazing how trouble a little dirt can cause. BMW

You may download the manual and driver in SamsungCameraUSA.com.

Are you sure you have the right type of memory card? Make sure you use an SD/MMC card. You might try another SD card.

Is this a new camera? I bought one once and the card slot was defective. I took it back right away, rather than trying to force a card into it.

Mike

This is a CCD problem There was a recall across a range of makers and models because of a bad batch of CCD's that all makers used. Get onto Samsung Customer support- you may be one of them