20 Most Recent Nikon Coolpix S51c Digital Camera Questions & Answers

Try another battery - yours might have died and it will not charge any more.

The best way to transfer 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). 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 management program, such as Picasa. Organize edit and share your photos

Do you really need a driver? 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). 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 management program such as Picasa ( http://picasa.google.com ).

When the camera starts acting in a strange or unexacting way, you could "reset" it, by removing the battery for a few moments and then replace it. But be aware, the green light is on, normally, because the camera is accessing the memory card. If it can't recover from that (and the light stays on) it could be the memory card has a problem. So next to removing the battery, I should advice you to remove the memory card, and save everything on it to a computer, using an external memory card reader. If there are no important pictures on the card, you could try to switch on again and if the camera works normal, you could try to get the pictures of the normal way with the USB cable. If you saved all pictures to a PC, I would give the memory card a format in the camera using the setup menu, Format memory, like the manual on page 115 says. Be aware if you only have an internal memory, you should format this and pictures in there can't be recovered.

check the lcd ribbon connector is seated properly.

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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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A cracked LCD cannot be repaired, only replaced. Given the age of the camera (yes, I have one of these too) I suspect it will be cheaper and much easier to replace the whole camera rather than trying to get the LCD replaced.

What happens with another card?

Sounds like you have the wrong type memory card for the camera, check user manual and make sure you have bought the right type and capacity card.

Disc? Do you mean camera?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 Nikon Transfer.

Take a look at the memory card. SD and SDHC cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card. If the switch is already in the proper position, slide it fully the other way and then back again.

Try formatting the card in the camera using the camera's format feature located in its menus. If offered "low level" format, select it. Note that this will also totally erase the card, so do this only after you're certain that all needed photos have been backed up to your computer.

SD and SDHC 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.

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