at the back of the camera there is a Display button (mark as DISP)
press it a few times until all symbols will dissapear on the screen
good luck
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These point and shoot cameras are known for such problems. I have purchased many off ebay and worked on them. Some I wish I had never touched and some were easy fixes. When you dont use them for a long time they seem to go bad, the batteries are a big problem. Contacts in these get crusted with acids and just one flake of that will get on other parts and cause all sorts of problems. Black screen is huge problem with all makers. My advice is look for another camera unless you have soem very small tools and take it apart. I fixed on just by readjusting the ribbon cable just a fraction and the screen came back alive. Good luck
Although the Canon Powershot A630 is a great camera, it has an age.It is made for SD cards and since the A630 saw the world there were several changes with SD cards. The cards grew in size and till 4Gbyte they were called SD card. Nowedays you only can get few 4GByte cards called SD. Soon after the 4Gbyte mark was reached they started to make SDHC cards. that is why most 4Gbyte cards now are also SDHC. Till they reached 32 GByte not much changed, only speed was becoming better. After the 32 GByte the SDXC cards came. For every step up, the equipment that used SD cards had to be changed. The newer apparatus can use old SD or "lesser" SD cards. The old apparatus only are capable of using SDHC card if a software upgrade is done. But only apparatus close to the introduction of a new card could be upgraded with new firmware. So if Canon never offered an upgrade, you only can use normal SD cards and no SDHC cards. Your Trancend 8Gb card is definitely a SDHC card.If you want a "Big" card for your Canon, try to buy a Platinum 4GB SD card.Please take care the advert does not say SDHC or SDXC
Do you have the SD card in it ? the computer really doesn;t see the camera it see's the card in the camera, this is if you have windows vista, 7, or 8, because these windows have a driver in windows, that's why if you go to the cannon website and go to support and look for download driver, there is no driver. But you should try some of the software they have for your camera. Image browser for windows is great, if you have windows, you didn't say, you really should post what OS you have when asking this kind of question.Here is the cannon website, some nice software for you.http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/digital_cameras/powershot_a_series/powershot_a630#DriversAndSoftwareMake sure you pick the windows version you have.One of the best cameras.
Hi! Make sure your lens is clean and free of any smudges or debris. Ensure that you are far enough away from your subject that the minimum focusing distance has been achievedMost auto-focus systems use contrast to detect what needs to be sharp. If you are shooting something that is all the same color, the camera will probably not be able to focus.Make sure there is plenty of light on the subject; even if to the naked eye it looks like there is light, the camera focus system will have a hard time detecting your subject if it is not extremely well lit. Hope that helps!
1) this is indicative the lcd camera has been faulty.2) you must replace it.3) contact your company supplier, and get the parts, you can do it yourself, only need small screwdrivers and common sense.God bless you
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. These steps include tips for lens errors occurring from a dropped/damaged camera.But if this problem just randomly occurred (i.e. you did NOT drop your camera), then also see this video. It's likely that just some sand or other particles are jamming the gears or lens of your camera. The simple steps in this video can overcome that problem.
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