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Anonymous Posted on May 10, 2011

When you turn it on with the memory card plugged in it wants to format the card. when you click OK it says Please Wait and that stays on forever. You have to open the battery compartment to turn off the camera.

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This usually happens when the wrong type of card is inserted. For example, your camera takes SD cards. If you try to use an SDHC card, the camera cannot work with it and just stalls.

  • Anonymous May 10, 2011

    The card that is in the camera is a Lexar SD 1GB. The card is inserted the right way. There isn't any scratches on the pins on the back. The safety "key" is to the top of the card. New batteries were inserted. And without the memory card the camera works properly, taking pictures on the internal memory.

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