The camera is not very old and hasn't been used that much. It worked fine in the morning but when I took it out later that day it was having these issues.
If it works in the morning (when it is presumably cold) and not in the afternoon when it is hot, it is possibly a temperature sensitivity issue in the electronics. I would contact Nikon Support ASAP because your warranty is about to expire. There number is 1-800-645-6687 and the are open 9AM to 8PM EST, Monday to Friday.
SOURCE: Screen
Get on to Nikon and let them know about it, it is a common problem with the S4. They are fixing the 3500 and others for free. John.
SOURCE: black screen coolpix S1
September 9, 2007 3:56 PM
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Hi, Please forget the above findings of mine. I just realized that it
is a feature of the camera when it fails to focus on an subject for
consecutive 5 times, the lens will intialize itself and out put on
screen a message: INITIALIZING LENS CANNOT FOCUS.
I
just got the camera defective like conditions of yours. Tried to find
help on the web and came across this site while testing on the black
screen camera for not more than 45 minutes.
I have the
instruction manual, but never flipped a page on it yet. So how the heck
do I know about that 5 times things on focus as mentioned above.
BECAUSE I got the stupid camera working right now with the real time
image on the screen.
If you want to follow my way to try
fixing it yourself, keep reading and do it at your own risk. You paid
several hundread dollars for the camera and I just paid $20 for it.
Therefore, I tried everything I can to make it work, even if I had to
open the camera body to play with the inside. Fortunately, it was not
neccessary to take it apart.
Once again, AT YOUR OWN RISK to follow my way to get back your real time image screen.
Read the following steps once and make sure you understand before action.
(1) Load your camera with a freashly recharged battery.
(2) Switch on to see if it's working and still without the real time screen.
(3) Switch it off, and hold it tight in you palm with the LCD facing inward.
(4) Now, with you palm up, you should be able to see the model name 'CoolPix S6' under the lens and the flash.
(5) While holding the camera and aiming at the 'CoolPix S6', raise your other hand with the fist next to your ear.
(6)
Match the aim as describe in(4) to the aim of your elbow 's protruded
part and make pratice moves. Yes, you'are going to smack it
to your elbow.
(7) When you are ready, try first not to hit your elbow too hard once.
(8)
Switch the camera on to check. If you have the 'Screen' now,
congratulation! If not, repeat (4) to (8) but with a stronger impact
Force. You might have to try more times until your elbow could not take the sore.
I
got mine fixed by performing the above steps just once, but I started
at a medium impact force. Before this fix, I tried to whack it on both
sides, the top and the bottom to my knee cap.
Why I chose knee
cap and elbow? They hurt if you strike too hard. The target is to apply
enough impact force to shake but not break the parts inside the camera.
Good Luck!!
SOURCE: flash on Nikon Coolpix s200 camera not working
hi try to reset ur camera...To do such reset, turn on the camera and hold the menu button down for longer than 5 seconds. A message should hopefully come up on your LCD asking if you want to reset the camera. Select Yes...
thank u!!!
rate me!!
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