20 Most Recent Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-P72 Digital Camera - Page 4 Questions & Answers

If the lens is stuck, you might have to get a new camera. Or you can take it to a local repair shop. Or you can look it up online

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this is the manual
http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital-cameras/sony-cybershot-dscp72_question.html?qid=4266

memory card will cost 30-50$

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Please follow the troubleshooting given below to resolve the issue:
(a) Turn off the Camera and remove the Battery then press and hold the power button for 30 seconds.
(b) Then, reinsert the Battery and turn the Camera ON. Please make sure that the Battery is fully charged.
(c) Next, press and hold the Reset button for 30 seconds located above the DC-in jack on the Camera using a sharp pointed object.

If the Camera doesn't operate normally even after performing all the above mentioned steps then service will be required.

Are you using regular alkaline batteries? However, it seems that the camera is drawing to much power or a crossed circuit. If it is under warranty, take it in for repair.

The camera will have to be sent in for upgrade. It is about $50

Check to see that the batteries have not leaked in the battery box. If they have clean out an leakage of the battery on the battery box contacts.

If you pressed it too hard in, you most likely damged some other parts in addition to the damage caused by dropping it. You need to take out the lense, inspect all the moving parts. Look for broken or bented part. The opened lense should mover up and down easily. Make sure all parts are clean and put the lense back on. Good luck!!!!!!!

It's a memory card error,You can try to take the memory out and retrieving them with your computer

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on owner manual page 72 shows you how to shoot movie.
there is the link of the manual
http://www.docs.sony.com/release/DSCP72.PDF

This problem is inside the camera. Either power supply or main board. Something, most likely a leaky capacitor or faulty IC, is causing the battery sensor to see too low a voltage and shut down. It could also be the sensor itself.

You can't use regular alkaline batteries in this camera. Alkaline batteries only supply 1.5 volts. The camera uses 2 in series for a total of 3.0 volts from alkaline. However, the camera requires 4.2 volts to operate correctly. This camera has high power requirements, so you'll need high end lithium or nickel hydride batteries that can supply the higher voltage and current this camera requires. It's a power hog, and regular alkaline batteries are too weak to run it. The menus will work on alkaline, but once you try to turn the camera on in capture mode to take a shot, the current requirements to operate the camera motor, LCD, zoom, memory stick, etc, all it once is too great a draw for alkaline to handle. Either use the external power supply, or get Lithium batteries. Make sure the batteries you get are 2.4 volts and not 1.5 volts. Get the ones with the highest current rating you can find.

normally when a memory stick is inserted the wrong way or in a speed, the contacts pins inside the cmera tends to bend. If the camera is not sensing the stick this may the problem.

your lens is off by a gear or two, you need to have the lens repaired. see my solution for the W55 if you can DIY.

you can try hard reset method , that is, remove the battery and keep the camera off for one hour and then insert battery and check.

I'm assuming you purchased a Sony as replacement. If that's the case, take it back and ask for a new one or have it checked out. Something sounds horribly wrong to me. If by chance you got one of those Chinese/Taiwanese cameras. Give it away and go back to the P72. Of course, a few hours reading the manual and playing with the camera may solve your problems. Don't try to get fancy first off. Stick with Auto modes until you get a feel for what you're doing. If you are using Auto the go back to the first sentence :-) BMW

You can download user manual of DSC-P72 from Sony Support.

problem is with the high voltage capacitor charge circuit. the internal battery voltage is stepped up to around 4 thouseand volts. this voltage is necessary to jump the electrode gap inside the xenon strobe tube which is the flash component

There are 2 ways to delete pictures.
set your camera in playback / view mode and press delete button near menu button at rear of camera. pop up comes to ask delete...select yes and there it goes.
connect your camera to computer usb port and go to picture folder through My Computer > Removable Disk, select desired picture file to delete and press delete key at keyboard.
Need more info, please ask.