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Posted on May 18, 2008

Camera won't record

My canon elura 100 turns on but its stays on the start up screen that say Canon and it will not record--any help is appreciated.

  • Anonymous May 20, 2008

    Exact same thing happens to me. If I turn it on "Camera" mode the Canon logo comes up but will not go away. It will also not power down without removing the battery. In "Play" mode there are purple lines across the screen.

  • BIs11111 Feb 13, 2009

    I too have a same problem on ELURA100. When i turn ON, i get a blue screen displaying CANON and freeze. It does'nt turn off even i turn the switch OFF unless i physically remove the battery. In play back mode, everything works fine. Canon workshop suggested to replace the lens kit costing 200$. I was almost thinking of dumping this camera until i saw this site...

    I dont face this issue everytime, sometimes camera works fine....

    I tried removing the outershell but not yet succeeded..fully...i will be trying out to look for the lens connector as suggested...

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Hi!

First of all, English is not my natural language, so please forgive me. My canon elura 100, bought in the US 1 year ago, had the same problem. After a big fall (from a second floor), the camera landed in wet sand and after that the camera won't record again (it plays the recorded files just ok). Just today i had the time to check the camera, so i disassemble the camera and found a poorly connected cable, that goes from from the lens body to the motherboard of the camera. After reconnecting this cable the camera start recording again.

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Yes, solution #1 works! Thanks!!!

It took me a while to figure this one out but I finally did and mine is back to working perfectly. The problem: The Play option worked fine but the camera did not. When turned to camera mode the blue canon screen would come up and then freeze. The only way to turn it off was to remove the battery.

The fix: I was brave enough to take the entire outer shell off the camera. On the main board, underneath the screen/battery side, all the different parts are connected together. There is a single connector from the lens that had come out of its port. The ribbon connector must have somehow been shaken out of the port at some point. With needle nose pliers I carefully fit the ribbon connector back into the port. I carefully reattached the outer shell and everything was back working!

I will warn you that this task takes some time due to many many screws. It's a lot better than sending it off for hundreds of dollars though.

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