I can take pic with the flash off but when i turn the flash on it doesnt even take the pic. The flash never goes off and the camera never captures a picture. It just shows the flash logo blinking in the upper corner. Is the flash broken? and if i need to change how much do you think it'll cost? I just bough the camer on ebay and i dont know what's wrong with it.
I have the exact same problem. After using my camera hundreds of times and toting it around in my purse twenty-four hours a day, it stopped working. I try to take pictures, and the flash icon blinks and won't take pictures. However, everything else works and I can still take pictures if I turn the flash off. Is there an easy fix to this? The only thing I have figured out is to send it to Canon for repairs, but they quoted me $130+ to fix...I have the exact same problem. After using my camera hundreds of times and toting it around in my purse twenty-four hours a day, it stopped working. I try to take pictures, and the flash icon blinks and won't take pictures. However, everything else works and I can still take pictures if I turn the flash off. Is there an easy fix to this? The only thing I have figured out is to send it to Canon for repairs, but they quoted me $130+ to fix...
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You must have a software glitch because the flash is supposed to be in the auto mode when the selector is in auto, unless you manually turn the flash off and the flash should go back to auto every time the camera is turned off and back on. Here's a work around. Turn the dial to indoor and use the flash button on the ring to set the flash to auto. In the indoor setting you can set the flash to on, off, or auto.
First make sure that the camera has fresh batteries. Then see that the flash setting is either 'on' or 'auto' or any graphic mode like a lightning bolt. If this doesn't help, the flash might be damaged. Any camera shop can check this quickly.
earlier i posted solution in similary problem. maybe help you this.
solution is good batteries, Ni-Mh or Lithium, rechargeable only not alkaline. but...problem is how long you watch pictures on lcd display or how much is flash in use. if always by shooting pics used flash that means that you can with best batteries 30, 20 or less pics shooted. and of course, if you connect camera with pc, how long is cam on? just transfer pics on pc and turn the camera off. the best solution is use the card reader for pics transfering. if is flash off, it's possible to shot 120-150 pics with Ni-Mh. with lithium i don't know, maybe 500 pics. don't use camera lcd for analysing pics it's just there for short preview. with alkaline batt., very low quality, i shot 30 pics without flash.
i shot also very good pics at night without flash. nikon coolpix L15 can do that but you must have more praxis. alkaline batteries shooting! after 3 pictures on display is message: warning! the battery is exhausted. what you can do? turn the camera off. wait about 10 minutes. turn the camera on, you can shot 3 or 5 pictures and than turn your camera off again. you can repeat this few times and you be lucky if you 30 pics captured:) REMEMBER: all this goes without camera flash!!! flash and every zooming use more battery power! and that was all magic:).
It could be the sensor or a short in the flash wiring. You should take it into a camera shop and have them look at it. You could be covered under warranty if the camera is less than a year old.
when i dropped my dx7630, a tiny plastic part broke that worked the
holdback spring for the battery. Kodak has a repair service, or a
referral service for repairs, but you have to send the camera in. i
sent it in. they emailed me to say it was not a repairable part and
didn't even ask if i wanted it back. luckily, i kept the memory chip.
my C875 was $100 cheaper and had 1M more pixels. good luck with your
natural light photography from now on. i think Kodak just figures you buy a new camera whenever anything goes wrong.
the camera's light sensor or metering system, for correct flash exposure is no longer working, that's why your shots is either black or white (overexposed or underexposed) the flash firing has loose its control because of the defective sensor, it now only depends on the charge current of the flash capacitor. If you'll wait longer time the charge is maximum picture result will be overexposed(white), and vice versa, less charge, dark result, have the flash assy replaced. Daylight no problem, it doesnt use the flash circuitry, thanks
I have the exact same problem. After using my camera hundreds of times and toting it around in my purse twenty-four hours a day, it stopped working. I try to take pictures, and the flash icon blinks and won't take pictures. However, everything else works and I can still take pictures if I turn the flash off. Is there an easy fix to this? The only thing I have figured out is to send it to Canon for repairs, but they quoted me $130+ to fix...
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