Every rechargeable battery has a certain cycles of charging and discharging the battery. Not two batteries have the same life time. The amount of cycles a battery can have, can be influenced by the user. If you leave a battery without charging or discharging for months or even years, the lifetime can be shortened. That is why most of the time you get warranty on the equipment, but almost never on a battery. (sometimes a warranty of 90 days is given on a battery.)
Still when a battery won't charge, you could check all the parts in the chain. The AC / DC power convertor / charger the power cable.
When the light on the charger comes on, you can assume the charger is working.
If you can charge the battery in the camera everything looks the same. As soon as the green light comes on (starts to flash slow) you can assume the AC adopter is working. The charging of a fully discharged battery should take about 4 hours.
I have two Kodak Li/ion batteries and after almost 10 years, they are still on good condition. But I also had to trow away lots of other batteries, before they were about one year of age. (I did charge them wrong, with a high current, more then they could handle)
this is not much to go on. If I would have the camera in my hand, perhaps I should see more. Like if there was a scene on the display, after I switched on the camera.
If everything else looks ok with your camera, pleas look if your camera is still in the Smart Capture mode. Press the button on top of the camera, with the two camera logos on it (still and video camera) en use the arrow up and down keys on the back, to goto the Smart Captuer mode. When there, the camera should work correct. Most of the time, your camera is caught up in a scene mode, like beach scene, and does not have enough light to focus and therefore does not take a picture. It also could be in the video mode, without you knowing.
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Try to press the button on top, with the two logos, and make sure you did put the camera in Smart Capture mode. It should work fine then. If it still does not work, contact your dealer, or a certified Kodak service centre.
Here are some troubleshooting steps that you can try that may correct your problem. They only seem to work for less than 40% of the lens errors, but if the camera is out of warranty (or repair cost approaches that of the camera), they're worth that try. Some of the later steps do involve some risk to the camera, so carefully weigh your options before deciding to conduct them:And here's a video summary of the steps:
Hello Charles, On a Kodak this age it is not going to be worth having repaired. The cost will exceed the price of a replacement camera, sorry.Best Regards, Russell
Hello Barb, I am not sure if you are dealing with a bad battery or you are having problems with the camera, I would suggest trying a new battery as this is the cheapest route to take,then will will know for sure if it is battery related or a camera failure.Best Regards, Russell
As with most point&shoot cameras, the M753 doesn't give you much direct control over the camera. It expects you to just point the camera and shoot. You can "suggest" to the camera that it use a fast shutter speed by setting it to the Sports scene mode, or that it use a slow shutter speed by setting it the Landscape scene mode (though the latter would also set the focus to infinity).
Press the MENU button. Use cursor-up/down to select Setup and press the OK button. Use cursor-up/down to select "Date Stamp" and press OK. Select "Off" and press OK.
test the switch for open +clean with a little liquid such c.cleanerand try again. otherwise the bulb inside is burn. You must go to the repair shop God bless you
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.If you want the date stamped on the picture, obscuring what lies underneath, set the "Date Stamp" option as described on this page of the user guide.
