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Black screen My camera turns on but when I am in the "auto" mode, the screen is black. The camera takes pictures though. I have changed the batteries several times - that has not had an effect. At times the red battery light flashes although the batteries are fine.

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You probably just pressed the DISP button on accident (its on the lower right hand corner of the screen) to turn the screen back on, push the DISP button. if that doesnt work, i would get it looked at by people at Canon.

Posted on May 03, 2007

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