Kodak stuck on stand by mode, help!!!!! My wonderful Kodak is stuck when I press the start button. No button seems to work, and the only way to shut it off is to take the battery out. Any ideas from somebody who has gone thru tha same? Thanks. Kodak stuck on stand by mode, help!!!!! My wonderful Kodak is stuck when I press the start button. No button seems to work, and the only way to shut it off is to take the battery out. Any ideas... » Read More Kodak stuck on stand by mode, help!!!!! My wonderful Kodak is stuck when I press the start button. No button seems to work, and the only way to shut it off is to take the battery out. Any ideas from somebody who has gone thru tha same? Thanks. « Show Less
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I had this occur several times before a conversation with a techy suggested that the memory (SD) card might be too slow and causing the camera to lock up. I replaced a 4GB Class 2 card with an 8GB Class 4 card and have not had the problem, so maybe this will work. Good luck.
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Wow! Thanks Blue!!! I was about to throw out this camera. I owned it for 21 months. Once I removed the memory card, it worked perfectly. I guess that's what I get for purchasing a generic memory card.
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This could very well be a SD card issue.... I've seen this happen on one of my friend's SLRs when they tried using a older SD card (that is not class 6 or higher).... Even if urs is class 6, it might not be a bad idea to try using a different SD Card, as the one that u mite be using now might be defective..... Good luck.....
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I too, have the open button that I slide and the flash comes on automatically. I changed my battery before I thoroughly tested mine but the problem with mine was the zoom would no longer retract. I finally just gave up and got a used one which I am totally happy with now. Like Ms. Jump stated though, Kodak has excellent customer service. Sorry, I wasn't much help on your issue.
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Try the trouble shooting steps and if they don't work, call Kodak. They may help. I had a part go bad on mine and they sent a replacement part, eventually. I had nothing but trouble with mine so be prepared to junk. It's a shame Kodak puts it's name on these.
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No, nothing shows up at all, except that the drive is attached. I backed the drive up from my computer, not directly from the camera, could this be why? I have contacted Kodak and they will not help because they say it is not supported.
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this is a terrible picture frame/ Kodak has terrible custhis is the worst possible frame you could purchase. \Kodak provides no customer service what soever. \I hope you can resolve this but don't expect anything from \Kodak. \I have emailed them repeatedly and continue to receive formatted answers that do not even to begin to touch on what I have spoken to them about!
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Hi Sharon, I just found my Kodak printer dock and the Kodak C195 does not work on it. The battery life is very bad, I am going to try Lithium batteries. Also camera does not come with memory card. Hope this info is Helpful.
973155
I am having this same problem, which I didn't previously have with my nikon...I typically use in auto mode....any tips for settings that will render most photographs useable (right now none of my photos are useable).Beware--I'm a frustrated novice!
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If you have not purchased this camera yet I would advise not to do this. It has been servicing for 1 week. As other customer wrote, after batteries discharged and were replaced with new ones the camera didn't switch on and doesn't react on any action. My request to the shop remained unanswered.Regards
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http://support.en.kodak.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/32108/selected/true try this sight
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I have not had that problem. I would suspect that the battery is not good. If you have not had the camera very long, check and see if you can send the camera and battery back. Or maybe check with some place in your community that tests batteries to see if the battery is the problem. I don't mean to insult your intelligence, but I have done this before. Are you sure you are inserting the battery the correct way?
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I have not had this problem, but found this posted by a Canon person:First, please try this: Remove the battery pack from the camera and close the battery compartment. Now Press and hold down the power button for 5 seconds. Replace the battery pack and turn the camera on.If your camera works normally, you're ready to start shooting. If the issue persists, we recommend that you send your camera in for repair. You may set up the repair here...
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I've had the camera about two years and had the same problem. Apparently the flash is a very weak feature -- I see the same complaint over and over again in reviews of this model. I would rather take it in to a camera shop than send it to Kodak or buy a new camera, but was told that even the shop would just send it to Kodak and charge me extra for being a middleman. Very poor design of flash and battery usage (another common problem -- even with fully charged Kodak rechargable batteries, you only get a few shots at the maximum 8 MP).
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This seems to be a problem with some of these. I cannot get it to work in picture take mode, only in playback mode. From there, however, you can change the battery type, so I know mine didn't work even after changing this. I've tried several sets of batteries, both alk and nimh. After at most a few pictures it says it's dead, but in playback mode it still says it's fully charged. So, I'm guessing there's a quality control issue with these.
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Way to go you rock... I just erased my Kodak zx-3 internal memory and then updated it with latest firmware all in disk utility on my mac mini.Reformatted my sd card in the camera ....Now it is good as new.It was stoping recording after one sec every time I tried to record...Now it is fixed thanks to you my friend..Rock ON!
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I had the same issue with a Canon Powershot SD780 IS Digital Elph. Just wanted to say this helped me a lot reading these comments. It just refused to power on one day out of the blue. A month later and 2 years out of warranty and with no options other than to cough up a bunch of money for a repair or new camera I decided to get risky and see what I could do myself. In the battery compartment, just to the left side of the battery a small plastic tab from the battery door fits into a slot when you close the door. The tab wasn't broken so I took an x-acto knife and poked at the piece in the camera body I assume the plastic tab was supposed to be hitting. Maybe the part was gunked up or sticking or something. I have no idea. But the camera was able to turn on after that and seems perfectly fine now.
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If dormant (blackout) I bump on/off button to make the display light and then, after it wakes up, hold down the on/off button for a few seconds n it turns off.Love the camera's. Think memory card should be in for this.