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My camera's strap just came of the camera and the camera dropped to the ground and now it will not switch on I changed the battery and still no life in the camera
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In the camera are sensors too. if the camera becomes to hot, inside it all can switch off. And what to you looks like a good battery, can be one on the end of its life. This can cause the voltage to drop to fast, causing the camera to shut down.
A digital camera is a wonderful device - it's just not as good as the human eye yet. Some things to watch out for:
Spots in the picture - Shiny surfaces reflect your flash back to you. Picture is dark - Bright Window behind your subject - . Use backlight setting. Bad focus - Subject is not in the middle of the picture. (Use focus lock if you have it) Colours don't look right - Sunlight in a building with overhead fluorescents.The camera does not know to use the fluorescent light setting. Set it. Picture is clear but dark on an overcast day - sport setting is ON or the ISO is too fast. Use auto, 100 or 200. Flash won't flash and subject comes out dark - light behind subject. Set the flash to 'Always' for this picture.
Do's and Don'ts Don't drop the camera. USE the hand/neck strap. Don't store pictures on your memory stick - make copies as soon as you can. Don't make changes to pictures with your computer while they are on the memory stick. Work with copies on your computer. Do not allow rain to land on the camera - rain easily runs inside. If you use rechargable batteries - have two or more sets. Use one set until they are used up, then switch. Charge the low battery only. This maximizes the battery life and provides the longest operating time. Clean the battery contacts in the camera two or three times a year with 99% pure alcohol and a cotton swab. It does not hurt to clean the ends of rechargeable batteries at the same time. Don't touch batteries on their ends.
Sorry to hear this. Dropping something on concrete creates a high G force. Can you make sure the battery is fully charged before you put it in. If you have a good battery and all it does is blink something must have been broken. I think a D40 is a rather old camera too. Sorry I do not think I can help you. In most times a LED green blinking means it is charging. When carrying a camera you should wrap the strap around your wrist. If you do it correctly if you drop your camera it will not hit the ground. It is best to keep it from dropping on the ground.
Dropping a camera can cause any number of different problems that would cause it to not turn on. Only a service center can determine what's wrong but it will be expensive. That's why they put wrist straps on the cameras. You're in a club with the rest of us...we've dropped one once....never again.
The possibilities in the electrical circuit are a bad battery, bad power connection at starter or fuse block, bad ignition switch, bad neutral safety switch, bad starter solenoid, bad starter field or brushes, or bad engine ground strap. The mechanical possibilities include binding engine or bendix grear on the starter.
But a voltmeter across the battery and ensure it is 12.5. When you try to crank it should drop to 10. If it does not, then current is not getting to the field, so it is before that or the engine ground strap. If it drops too low, like 9, then see what happens when you stop. If it comes back up to 12, the battery is good but the starter or engine is binding. If it does not come back up, the battery really is bad and at least needs to be charged and/or replaced.
It is less important where, exactly, they get located, find similar sized bolts, somewhere.
What is important is to Guarantee good connection between Battery, engine, and body/frame. Grounds that are poor cause power to have to go through other stuff, like cables, etc. Grounds are the most difficult to diagnose. Just make sure you ground everything to everything.
In marine, and often Mercedes a dedicated ground is run to everything. Grounding is common problem with trailers. I run ground to everything...Life just works then.
before you assume that the starter motor is to blame make sure it is not the battery or connection / cables on the battery. Also, check the starter solenoid.
The drop indicates that you have damaged the lens
tube (housing). This damage will prevent the lens from moving properly
and will cause the camera to shut itself off after a few seconds. If
the lens is damaged the camera will require professional repair. If
the lens is not damaged, the problem may be battery related. Make sure
that
you have the correct battery type installed, and that the batteries are
fresh/fully charged. If the problem persists, you may have corrosion
on the battery contacts inside that camera that is preventing full
battery power from flowing to the camera. Remove the batteries and
wipe the inside camera contacts firmly with a dry cloth (heavy
corrosion may require cleaning with a wire brush, steel wool, or sand
paper). Remove any residue that may have fallen into the battery
compartment during cleaning, then wipe both ends of the batteries and
reinstall them in the camera. This cleaning solves the problem about
90% of the time, and I hope it works for you.
I think the camera is not reading the battery life correctly....not sure. It indicated I still had well over half the life left. I changed the batteries and all seems to be okay at this time.
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