<LOL> Great minds ... recalling that someone said that if there is a problem with these cameras removing and replacing the bats may help. I took the bats out a few minutes ago, and just now tried your suggestion of turning the camera on and pressing the shutter release. The camera is dead as a door stop. No shutter release, nothing lights up ... should i assume then that there was no juice in the storage capacitor?
Bats are back in now - nothing's changed. Thanks for all your help ... off to Walnut Creek in a bit. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > If the initial settings screen is coming up, that means the camera > has not yet been initialized with date and time information. > > When you go through the format sequence I articulated in a prior > post, when you elect the final Format and OK button, the camera says > "formatting" and the IO light is lit for a few seconds. > > Try taking the batteries out for a while, like 20 minutes. While > they're out, turn the camera on and press the shutter release, to try > to consume the last power in the storage capacitor. Replace the > batteries, switch on, see if it will accept a date/time input and the > OK button input. > > If it doesn't, I'd wager that the OK button contacts are defective > and you have to exchange the body for another one. > > Godfrey > > > On Sep 3, 2005, at 10:01 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > When I turn the camera on, the first thing that comes up is the > > initial > > settings screen to set language, home, and DST. I then have to > > press the > > shutter button to put the camera in a mind to shoot. If there's no > > card in > > the camera, the "No card in camera" message appears. When going to the > > format command in the Menu system, and selecting format, the message > > doesn't bounce back to the "no card in camera" screen display. > > > > When you press the OK button to format the card, what happens on the > > screen. Do you get a message that says "formatting" or some such > > sign of > > activity? > > > > I'm going to visit with John Celio in a bit, swap out cards, and > > see what > > we can find out before I decide to give up and return the camera. > > > > > > > > Shel > > > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > >> > > > > > >> Hmm. I took my card out, turned on the camera. It says "no card in > >> camera" on the LCD. I went to the format command in the Menu system, > >> selected "format", and it bounced right back to the "no card in > >> camera" screen display. Is that not what yours does? > >> > > > > > >
