Canon PowerShot A540 Digital Camera "subject viewfinder picture black" Questions

viewfinder and on the lcd. camera has not been subjected to any abuse of any kind. has not been used for about 2 months A stuck shutter is another common failure mode for digital cameras. The symptoms

...subject I am trying to take photo of. If it does work, it will only come on briefly and then go to black again. Please advise. When you press the DISP button the screen will light up. But there is a ...

subject as you can and keep a spare set of fully charged batteries available for when you notice recycling times starting to get long. Also try shooting with your LCD screen off (press the Disp button

subject through the LCD monitor. If the viewfinder is used and a picture is snapped, only the dark/flickering screen is photographed. If this fixable or do I need to buy a new camera? This sounds like

viewfinder started to blink, and we saw ''Unidentified Image'' and a Question mark in the LCD screen. We then were able to scroll past that and see one of the pics recently taken, but no more. When we

viewfinder shows completely blurred view of the subject in a frame and same blurred image is stored. I have tried all the settings, focus/zoom changes but to no avail. Please, suggest what should I do

...viewfinder before taking a shot. Also this impacts focussing on the subject. I purchased it for $349 and wonder if there is an easy fix to this The symptoms you describe sound like a CCD failure. ...

subject to take picture on lcd screen it is black....i get a flash when i attempt to take a picture but when i review the picture it is black....help is your lens cover open for sure? Check the manual

...subject. First, turn on the camera in any picture taking mode (or video mode), then look at the screen or viewfinder. There should be four white corners in the center of the camera display. This is ...

...subject through the viewfinder everything seems just fine. Many thanks for anything light you can throw on this, otherwise very happy with the camera. Tony If the problem is still there even when you ...