Sanyo Cameras - Page 10 - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support

Look at the memory card. SD 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.

You may view/download the manual at http://www.fixya.com/support/p1131439-sanyo_vpc_s880_digital_camera/usermanual-04BE13F-pdf

Go into your menu and reset the camera to factory defaults, then try it.

There is only one thing I can think of. If it is not this perhaps your camera is defect. Your camera has a White balance setting. You can put it in Auto, Incand. Daylight, cloudy and Manual. Check if it is in something other than Auto. If so, put it in Auto, till you think you can improve the colours by putting it in a special setting.

Although most cameras do have an internal memory, the space is very limited. Most of the time you can store on or two pictures. When you shoot in lowest quality, perhaps 10. If the internal memory is full you can move the pictures from the internal memory to a SD memory card. Not the other way around. For this see the manual (English) page 33

A format recovery tool will will be helpful, you can download a file recovery tool called asoftech data recovery that helped me before. download it fromhttp://www.asoftech.com/adr/

I already did answer this? But I forgot the point, If your lens is dirty (must be bad) you only can clean it with a special lens pen or a micro five cloth, if a special fluid is used. Never clean lenses with anything else, because the coating on the lens is easy damaged. When the coating is damaged, you never will get any clear pictures os videos.

Your camera has a feature called MF (Manual Focus) if it is switched to MF, the autofocus won\'t work. If on the right side of the screen is MF, you are sure the camera is in that mode. You can change that in Recording Menu 2.The manual is still online.Success

Please check if the lens can move free. If there is any obstruction, it will stop and the camera will give an error. Also never try to stop the lens from moving. Start over again. Remove the battery, charge it. Place the battery and the memory card when you are sure the memory card is not in the locked position. Then close the battery door carefully, so the door is locked correct. Then switch on again. If the error comes back, perhaps the lens is blocked inside (broken gear or something like that) you have to contact the service centre.

Did you try it like it is said in the manual? press the button half till the camera is focused and then press the button completely down? Don't expect the camera to shoot with the same speed as a camera with film did. Give it some time to focus and everything will be fine (I hope) If not let me know.