The camera powers on ok BUT when the button is pressed .. it does not ever take a picture at present. Apart from not taking a picture .. other things 'seem' ok. Please help. [email protected] (email)

Press the MENU button. Use cursor-up/down to select Setup and press the OK button. Use cursor-up/down to select "Date Stamp" and press OK. Select "Off" and press OK.

That camera could have two things causing it, 1 the soft press is the auto focus. Most cameras have a half press or soft press to turn on the auto focus and the hard press or press to take the picture. That could just be the camera. Some cameras that can be turned off in the menu. If that is not the case and it does not auto focus when you press it, then it is the button. We used to see that a lot with cameras. The button gives sometimes.

Instructions

Turn on the camera and rotate the shooting dial to one of the shooting modes, such as auto.

Press the "F-Mode" button to adjust frequent settings like ISO and picture quality.

Use the up and down arrow buttons to navigate between settings. Press the right arrow button to present the available options.

Use the up and down arrows again to adjust the settings option. Press the "Menu/OK" button to apply the change.

Exit the menu by pressing the F-Mode button again. Press the Menu/OK button while in shooting mode to adjust less frequent options, such as white balance and the auto-focus mode.

Use the up and down arrow buttons to navigate between settings, similar to the F-Mode menu. Press the right arrow button to present the available options.

Use the up and down arrows again to adjust the settings option. Press the "Menu/OK" button to apply the change

Unless it has recently been dropped or the screen cracked, the LCD power drive circuit has failed. Your batteries sound OK if it is taking pictures. 2 and a half years is not an unreasonable life for this camera. I would spend my money and time working toward a new one rather than repairs. Sometimes you can find one on Ebay for parts and may be worth a purchase but don't waste anything on a factory repair. Taking them apart and replacing components is not that difficult and procedures can be obtained online from digital camera REPAIR FORUMS.

Well there are some cameras, if you press it half way, it shows you some things, and when you press it fully, it takes the picture.

Make sure that you are pressing the button all the way.

Also, try to reset the settings by pressing the 'menu' button on the back near your LCD display.

Press the left button near the 'OK' button to make sure you have the left side of the menu highlighted on the LCD display.

Use the up and down buttons near the 'OK' to scroll to the 'pencil' icon.

When the 'pencil' icon is highlighted, press the right button near the 'OK' to highlight the right side.

Scroll up and down until you have 'Reset' highlighted, then press 'OK'.

Scroll down one to 'yes', and press 'OK'.

Your default factory settings are now back to when you originally purchased your Nikon D40 camera

Hope it works.

If the camera was dropped, then it's really causing those kinds of issues like mode dial and shutter button will not work.

But you could still try these steps below:

First, do the POWER RESET:
- Turn off camera
- Remove batteries for a minute
- Reload batteries
- Turn on camera

Second, do the MASTER RESET
- Press on MENU button
- Press on the right button until you see SETUP 2
- Scroll down until you see RESET
- Press the right button to pick up on YES or NO
- Press on OK/MENU button for changes to be saved - Turn off camera for a few seconds so that settings will be refreshed

Third, if it still does the same thing, then your camera needs to be repaired by a technician.

If you want to know where you could send it, just call the hotline of the manufacturer of your product so you could get assistance
about this matter.

did you just try to press the shutter button halfway?if yes...press in all the way through...if still does not take a picture..master reset...

-press menu
-press right to go to setup
-go down to reset
-highlight yes then press menu to ok it
-turn off then on then try to take a picture

hope it will help...(",

When taking pictures, you must really be allowing time for the camera's flash to be charged
before you could take another picture so that camera will have enough time to rest and it
could function normally.
But if the camera was dropped, then it's really causing those kinds of issues like flash will not work properly.

You could still try these steps below:

First, do the POWER RESET:
- Turn off camera
- Remove batteries for a minute
- Reload batteries
- Turn on camera

Second, do the MASTER RESET
- Be in AUTO mode
- Press on MENU button
- Press on the right button until you see SETUP 2
- Scroll down until you see RESET
- Press the right button to pick up on YES or NO
- Press on OK/MENU button for changes to be saved
- Turn off camera for a few seconds so that settings will be refreshed

Turn it on and take a picture.
When you want to have just the AUTO FLASH.

- Rotate the mode dial to PROGRAM
- Press the LEFT/FLASH button until you've seen the
LIGHTNING icon with the Letter A on the leftmost part of the screen
- Try to take a picture by pressing and holding the shutter button
halfway first for 3-5 seconds and then press it all the way down

If it still does not work, you need to contact the Manufacturer.

Take your camera apart and put a piece of electrical tape over the center button (ok) on the menu.
Worked just fine for me after that.

press menu
go to setup
scroll down to the second option: memory stick tool
go to format
re-set the format to "ok" even if it says "ok" already
press ok to all dad in memory stick will be erased, ready?

and all the pics will be deleted. thats the problem with this camera, everything is good except trying to figure out how to delete them all!!! ughh