digital camera fault?

donnajunkie

hi,
we have a problem with our digital camera. it is a fuji finepix a825. when we press the on button the lens comes out as it should and we see the fuji logo on screen as we should but it then goes off with the lens still out. the photo viewing function works. i just tried connecting it to the pc and now it wont do anything even though i know the batteries still have power. we feel ripped off as we dont use it that often.

Jake'sGran

The only suggestion I have is that you go to their website. If it is not very old they may be able to tell you how to put it right. If it is older than a couple of years you will need to take it to a camera shop.I don't use mine often but it works well. Is there nothing in the Troubleshoooting section of the instructions?.

donnajunkie

Jake'sGran wrote: »

The only suggestion I have is that you go to their website. If it is not very old they may be able to tell you how to put it right. If it is older than a couple of years you will need to take it to a camera shop.I don't use mine often but it works well. Is there nothing in the Troubleshoooting section of the instructions?.

its about 2 to 3 years old i think. no theres nothing helpful in the trouble shooting section.

spysect

This may sound stupid to you but is the battery fully charged? Reason I asked is because I had a SOny Cybershot like you, lens comes out and the camera switches off. The battery was charged but seems that it was a battery fault on mine.

donnajunkie

spysect wrote: »

This may sound stupid to you but is the battery fully charged? Reason I asked is because I had a SOny Cybershot like you, lens comes out and the camera switches off. The battery was charged but seems that it was a battery fault on mine.

we tried two sets of batteries out of remote controls. so while the batteries may well not be fully charged they were working in the remote controls ok. i have suggested to my dad to recharge some of his rechargable batteries and then try it again.

ps i cant understand why digital cameras just use aa batteries. why dont they use the kind of batteries things like camcorders and mobile phones use.

spysect

Nowadays, most digital cameras now come with Lithium Rechargable Batteries now! (Those batteries that looks like a squashed box)

Maybe the type of battery is nto the correct type for your camera? I remember that some cameras are picky on which type of battery they use (i.e. Alkaline, Ni-MH, etc.) Worth checking the manual to see what type of AA batteries your camera will take.

wobbley

Remotes need a very small amount of power to work. A digital camera is very power hungry. I'd really try some new, decent batteries.
I find pound shop batteries ar great for LED torches, kids toys and remotes, but if I put them im my digital camera it behaves exactly as you describe in the original post

donnajunkie

it seems it was just a battery issue. :doh:

Jake'sGran

You'd never have a problem if you lived at our house. My OH seems to have a battery fetish - he is always recharging something! But, his other daft idea is to keep old batteries which sort of defeats the object;)