20 Most Recent Canon PowerShot SD500 / IXUS 700 Digital Camera - Page 9 Questions & Answers

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Get a can of compressed air OR acces to a compressor at your local garage Get them to fit the triggered air blower tool to it.

Blow around the lens in all the extension joins the firmly slap it in the palm of you hand with the side of the camera making contact with you palm. Do the procedure two or 3 times and inbetween the slaps turn it on to activate the lens mechanism. I have now fixed about 180 of these cameras with this method. I obtained the fix from Sony and Canon who charge $90 to do exactly the same. Keep at it as it will eventually work. One tip, make sure the battery is charged before you do this.

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Move the slide switch on the side of the card.

There's a recall for the S500, but not for the SD500. Sounds like you might not be in "Auto" mode. Turn on the camera. Press "Func Set". Then scroll right or left to select "Auto".

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Always check the batteries first but if is it still giving the same fault, your camera is faulty.
It should be taken to an authorized repair centre for a repair estimate. Very few digital cameras have any user-serviceable parts.

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On the side of the memory card theres a switch.
Just switch it the other way. Simples :D

Use a card reader to download them to a folder you create on your desktop.

Lens errors are fairly common. Usually it's sand or grit interfering with the lens extension mechanism. Or the camera's been dropped with the lens extended. Or the camera has been powered on, but the lens had been blocked preventing its extension. Or the battery ran down with the lens extended ...

Here are some things that you can do to try to correct it. They only seem to work for less than 50% of the lens errors, but if the camera is out of warranty, they're worth a try.

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This issue is due to some electrical circuit failure in your camera which is responsible for the flash to work.

Please show it to the nearest service center. And please do not try to fix it on your own as problem might become complex.

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it sounds like you have your memory card protected, remove your memory card and on the side of it slide the button the other way, it should unlock it, good luck

Remove the SD memory card and you see there is a small locking switch on the card which is used to protect your data. Slide the switch away from the locked position. If already unlocked then slide it fully to locked and then firmly back again.

If this does not work then you must try another SD card (2GB maximum on your camera).

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Go into the setup menu and scroll to "reset"...follow the on-screen instructions.

Lens errors are fairly common. Usually it's sand or grit interfering with the lens extension mechanism. Or the camera's been dropped with the lens extended. Or the camera has been powered on, but the lens had been blocked preventing its extension. Or the battery ran down with the lens extended ...

Here are some things that you can do to try to correct it. They only seem to work for less than 50% of the lens errors, but if the camera is out of warranty, they're worth a try.
　

Do you mean orange tint?
The "lighting" is set to "incandescent"
The flash will overpower that issue.
Change the light setting from incandescent to "sunlight"