Olympus FE - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support - Page 5

Maybe your auto focus is turned off, and your relying on it to focus for you..

One alternative is to order the part from http://uscamera.com/fe5020.htm and replace it yourself.

recharge / replace battery

It sure can! Take a look at the 4 way selection button that surrounds the OK button.You'll see the lightning bolt looking symbol on the right side. When the camera is set to take still pictures and not in macro mode you simply push to that button on that right side and the camera will show the possible flash settings listed on the left side of the LCD screen. To select a setting push up or down on the same square section button. If you highlight the circle with the line through it, and then press OK to set it, be no flash when you shoot. From my experience using many different digitals I've found the flash to be pretty much the main problem when trying to get a good picture and have found that turning it off and providing more external lighting is always the best way to get a good consistant picture. On most cameras with Macro mode options, the flash will be turned off automatically since it's going to be adjusting for very close up shots. Depending on brand can be set for 2-3 feet and as close to 6 inches. I found using the Macro setting to work best for me on any shot that is within 3 feet or closer. I shoot hundreds of eBay pictures every week and always use Macro and never a flash to get the most realistic color reproduction and clearest shots.

Have you fully charged the battery? if it is a new camera or battery,it needs at least 12 hrs of charge,to maintain good charge, if only a short time of charge was given from new the life of the battery will be greatly re-juiced,try a new battery with a full charge, if this fails your camera is probably faulty, take it back to get a replacement.

Clean the charger terminals (the metal) and the plastice tray. Make sure light has gone from read to green for the battery in the charger. You may also need to take a can of air (dust off or something similar) and blow out the area the battery goes into. Also make sure the battery is installed correctly. I hope this helps.

It could be the battery, the charger, dirty contacts either on the battery, the charger, or the camera. And, of course, there's the possibility that the camera itself is bad. If you have a voltmeter, try measuring the voltage between the battery terminals. Clean the contacts on the battery, charger, and camera with a clean damp cloth. Try charging the battery again.

Your lens is dirty or when you take the picture the exposure setting is took long and then any movement will make the picture look blurry. Have you tried putting the camera on a table and taking a picture?

Do you really want 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 ca use any photo management program such as Picasa ( http://picasa.google.com ).

Yes you should just plug into your computer and turn on camera or remove memory card if you have one installed

The card will click when put in properly