20 Most Recent Canon PowerShot S3 IS Digital Camera - Page 3 Questions & Answers

Check for some blockage, or turn it on, zoom out the lens and see, if not, take it to a service center.

At all shutter speeds? Does it appear consistent? Does the shutter stay open more or less the same amount of time even if you change the shutter speed?

Do you really need the Canon software?The best way to download 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 or FireWire). 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 cataloging program such as Picasa ( http://picasa.google.com ).If you really want the Canon S3 software, you may download it from http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/digital_cameras/powershot_s_series/powershot_s3_is#DriversAndSoftware

The date and time (and a lot more) are stored with every picture in its EXIF metadata. Any photo viewing/editing program should be able to display this data. To print this data, please consult the documentation for whatever program you're using to print your pictures. Depending on the program and printer you may print the date on the image, in the margins, or on the back.

It looks like the LCD screen is the only damage. This can be fixed at your Canon camera repairer.

Exclude screen, check the battery.More about: http://www.2deals.net/Digital-Camera-Battery/Canon.html

The camera will not deface your photos by scrawling a string of digits across them. However the date and time (and a lot more) are stored with every picture in its EXIF metadata. Any photo viewing/editing program should be able to display this data. To print this data, please consult the documentation for whatever program you're using to print your pictures. Depending on the program and printer you may print the date on the image, in the margins, or on the back.

You have a defective mode switch assembly which will require replacement by a camera shop. This is not a user fix.

Hello,The rotary switch that you refer to is not available from Kodak.It is mainly sold as the complete rear housing assembly which is the rear half of the camera.You may contact me at [email protected] currently have several of these assemblies available if you have someone that can change it.Hope this helps.Best Regards,Russell

Look at your memory card. SD cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the metal contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card.

power supply unit fault if the news battery not even able to turning on the camera. Need service.

ALTERNATE WAY TO TRANSFER PHOTOS TO COMPUTER If your photos are stored on the memory card, then remove the memory card from the camera and insert it into an USB memory card reader. Connect this USB memory card reader and memory card into the USB port of your working computer. Your computer will see this as an USB Mass Storage Device or an external storage device; you can then open the folder on the memory card and copy the photos to your computer. Memory card reader is a handy device and is inexpensive. You can copy photos from other cameras and you can also download photos off your memory card to someone else's computer without the need of installing any programs.

http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/9/0900001319/01/PSS3ISCUGad-EN.pdfuse DISP button to switch between viewfinder and LCDor read the manual

I am afraid that this may be the end of the camera for you. That acid almost for sure got into the rest of the components of the camera and corroded it.

Press the DISP button to cycle through the different views of your picture.

Try the procedures in this tip.