When I turn the camera on everything works ok. When I go to take a picture it tells me that the flash is charging. It will not take a picture. I have even put it on no flash and it does the same thing. I have also used new Duracell bateries. I can leave the batteries in and leave it on until the camera auto shut off and it still tells me the same thing. The video works fine.
2006-12-27 09:06:58 · 2 answers · asked by gdboyer119 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
Normal alkaline batteries just don't do it for digital cameras because of the high instantaneous current required to run a digital camera. (This includes all batteries such as "Duracell" and "Super Heavy Duty" etc) These types of batteries will appear to teh camera to be flat even when they aren't because they just don't have the capacity to give the camera what it wants.
Some places still sell rechargeable Nickel Cadmium Batteries (NiCd), and these batteries cannot cut it for digital cameras. There are also rechargeable alkaline batteries and these aren't great either.
The only type of rechargeable to get is Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), and the higher capacity the better. This capacity is typically rated in milliamp hours. A medium capacity battery for a camera will have say 1600 MAH whereas a high capacity battery will have more than 2000 MAH. SOme even go as high as 2600 MAH. Get the highest that you can.
One downside is that NiMH batteries go flat in the camera if you do not use them. In a camera that uses 2 batteries, this can happen in as little as a week.
My advice is get a couple of sets of high capacity NiMH rechargeable batteries (2000 MAH or higher) and use these as much as possible. Also however buy one or two sets of Lithium batteries (non rechargeable) these last a long time but are wickedly expensive. Have one set of lithiums for backup in case you need the shot but the rechargeables are all flat. Soon as you can put freshly recharged batteries in and again keep the lithiums in reserve. Unused lithium batteries will last for years.
Hope this helps.
2006-12-27 11:01:15 · answer #1 · answered by teef_au 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend has the same problem with her camera....my thing is that HP doesn't know how to make computers or cameras...great on printers though.
Anyways, for you to get it fixed....would be just as much money as it takes to get a new camera...
2006-12-27 17:11:43 · answer #2 · answered by mailjunkie123 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋