Camera operating slowly...card was emptied (not reformatted, mind you(!?)) + camera still slow....to shut it off is a SLOW process...sometimes wants to rfuse to shoot.

try using a faster card. SD class 10, not 4. and in the menu, first page, disable all lens correction options, if you're shooting jpeg. these settings do slow you down a lot.

Try reformatting the card or use another new or re-formatted card. That might help.

Looks you have a slow memory card. Nothing wrong, when you use class 2, 4 or 6 in your camera, but it will slow things down sometimes. Not only for sports shooting, 5 or more frames a second, you need a fast card. For Video it is advised to chose fast cards to. Some cameras only manage one shot a second, and that will become word, when a slow memory card is in the camera.
I don't say this is the reason, I only say this could be the reason.

Save your photos to your computer and empty your SD card and you will regain all your speed.
Larry

Several things can cause this. 1. Low battery 2. Memory card almost full 3. "cheap" memory card...too slow at writing data 4. Card hasn't been formatted in the camera for a long time. This will erase it so download any pics to your computer first.

Some possible causes: a slow card...purchase one rated for faster speed. Picture quality level set to highest level...pictures look great but take time to process. Some brands of cards are slow, especially the cheap ones. Stick with the big names. If your card is full of pictures, it will be slow.

Change image storage location to internal memory.. Use this card to take picture only...then see is camera still slow????

The most common reason for slow processing speed is insufficient RAM memory.

Increase the RAM, if RAM available is no more than 512MB, then it must be upgraded.

Check also your hard drive state. If you have less than 1GB free, that will slow down the system. Go to Start>>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Defregmenter and do a Defrag of the hard disk.

If you have at least 1 GB RAM, and you took care of the hard drive, then you can check the process starting up on their own and remove the useless one, or spot mala-ware that can affect speed. You can use a software like Hijack This, and search on google te function of each process started on the list reported by the software.

You can download Hijack this here MajorGeeks | If download does not start, then click at the top of the page, where it says Click Here If It Does Not.
Be careful if you delete the wrong files using this software you can harm the system, and Windows may not work properly.

If you think you have malaware you can also install Spy Bot, and do a system scan. Download Spybot from The home of Spybot.

If all the above does not work, and there is no malaware, then you usually reinstall the system.

Check also the bios settings, BIOS can downgrade the CPU speed on default , even if this is uncommon on recent BIOS.

If a computer is still slow with a fresh system and enough resources then it is one of those rare occasions when you have an hardware fault.
Hardware that can cause slow down is: RAM CPU Motherboard HD Video card.

Some tips on procedure can damage your windows installation. Do not download Hijackthis software and do not change BIOS settings and do not touch hardware unless you are sure of what you are doing.

Hello there...

Keep in mind this
1) OS ?
2) How you format your HD. FAT32? or NTFS? how many times?
perhaps you got a bad sector on your HD.
3) verify your CMOS, if you enable 32 enhance mode.
4) Check if you do a quick format? or regular format (takes long)
example: on C: Format C:
5) Antivirus you got? Norton 360? Avg? this could sometimes slow down a bit the systems, and resourses.
6) Memory problems? check
7) Your pagefile? on advance setting in SYSTEM, control panel. put in ( let windows decide...)
thats it
happy nice time
Open Sky

Try the procedures in this tip.