20 Most Recent Nikon COOLPIX S70 Digital Camera Questions & Answers

Check the manual for instructions on how to set it for the maximum number of megapixels and the best picture quality. If it has shake control, be sure you have it on. Set the camera to "auto" everything until you become more familiar with it.

Hey, first thing to do is stopping to use the camera.
Take out of the card and connect it to PC. Download Card Data Recovery, which is a professional photo recovery program. Launch it and use the function of recover photos.

Page 128 of the manual says:Start the computer to which Nikon Transfer was installed.So before you can transfer pictures to a computer you have to install software. If the software was not in the box with the camera, I'm sure you can get it for free with Nikon.I use ViewNX2 from Nikon, and it was and still is free. You can transfer and manage the pictures on your PC. Just visit the Nikon website for the apropriate software to your camera.

See http://www.fixya.com/support/r13011856-lens_error

See http://www.fixya.com/support/r13011856-lens_error

Try these procedures.

I suggest that you perform a manual power resetting and check the operation.

Performing a manual power reset

1. Turn off the camera.
2. Remove the battery pack.
3. Remove the button-sized lithium battery.
4. Allow the camera to remain without power for 30 seconds.
5. Reinsert the button-sized lithium battery.
6. Reinsert the battery pack.
7. Turn on the camera.

Save yourself the aggravation 03/25/2011 MommybrainX2 My hubby bought this for me for Christmas. It was to replace my OLD Cannon (4 MP). Now he feels horrible for buying it for me! This camera is horrible! I read the manual, I've played with all of the settings- the fact is when trying to take a picture of a moving object- even slightly- the picture comes out extremely blurry. Forget it with a toddler. I have yet to get one good picture of my kids with this camera, which was the whole purpose of having it. My old 4mg camera takes better pictures than this thing does. Settings haven't made a difference. I have actually reverted to my old camera instead of using this sad excuse for a camera.

Tap, Home, Right Arrow, Setup Menu, Reset All. When reset is selected, the cameras settings will be restored to their default setting. Go to page 154 of your user manual for pictures. If you would like for me to send you the manual, send an email to [email protected] and put "Nikon CP S70" as the subject.

Lens errors are fairly common. Usually it's sand or grit interfering with the lens extension mechanism. Or the camera's been dropped with the lens extended. Or the camera has been powered on, but the lens had been blocked preventing its extension. Or the battery ran down with the lens extended ...Here are some troubleshooting steps that you can try that may (or may not) correct it. They only seem to work for less than 40% of the lens errors, but if the camera is out of warranty (or repair cost approaches that of the camera), they're worth that try. Some of the later steps do involve some risk to the camera, so carefully weigh your options before deciding to conduct them.And here's a video summary of the steps:

Check the LCD display. Is there a symbol of a flower in a pot? If so you have accidentally left the camera set to "macro" (close focus) mode. if this is not the case then add a comment and I'll provide the next most likely cause.

Usually the macro setting is activated by pressing on one of the thumb-pads around the select button, it will also be marked with a flower symbol. If I'm wrong about how to deactivate macro, then add a comment and I'll research a more accurate answer for you.

It probably has something odd set ..cause it should work fine ..So I suggest to get in he set-up menu ..and select reset all ..This will reset all settings to the factory settings ..and after that ..select the easy auto ..and just see if it work s..I also suggest to follow your way to handle the ca,era ..maybe you activate from the screen the video recording ..cause it should have nothing to do with the picture auto-shooting mode..

Hi you have lens unit defective. Even if you didn't damaged and dropped, its appearance problem is the lens unit, you can bring to your local repair shop. It is quite easy problem. some point they could save part, but time is money. they would want to change the part. your part from nikon usa is very expensive, but from ebay it is very cheap. It is used but it would be reliable in most case. http://cgi.ebay.com/Camera-LENS-ZOOM-UNIT-Nikon-Coolpix-S70-BLACK-/180672085419?pt=Digital_Camera_Accessories&hash=item2a10e53dab#ht_500wt_1156 If you buy and bring it with camera to your local repair shop, they would charge less labor then you bring camera only. repair shop would consider that you know what it is going on. Thanks and kindly! ( labor they would charge around $25 to 75 depend on what they want to charge)

You can download the current versions of all (free) Nikon software from
http://support.nikontech.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/61

You might want to consider NOT connecting your camera to your computer. 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 or FireWire). 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 can use Nikon Transfer or any other photo cataloging program.

When the camera gets dropped it causes all kinds of problems, from your description the lens has been damaged and is seized. To have this repaired would not be cost effective, cheaper to replace.

From Nikon's website regarding this problem:
http://instrument-support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15978/~/lens-error-message


"Having a "Lens error" message display on the camera's LCD display indicates a problem with the camera lens mechanism. This situation generally requires that the camera be sent to a Nikon Service Department for repair. Before doing this however, be sure to check these situations below:

1. One possible reason for this error is if the camera is switched on and the lens unit is prevented from extending. The camera will struggle for a second to extend the lens, then report the problem. Inspect the lens for any obvious obstruction, then turn the camera off, then on again. Usually, simply switching the camera Off then On again is enough to correct this problem.
2. Remove and recharge and/or replace the battery. If the error does not clear up right away, leave the battery out of the camera overnight, and try again the next day.

If the above tips do not help, then we regret the camera must be sent to our Nikon Service department as there are no user serviceable parts on Nikon Coolpix cameras."

first of all i wanna ask one question, does your camera fell from your hand? usually this comes when your optical zoom motor is not responding to signals receiving from cameras processor. better service it with nearest service centre.