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Fujifilm Instax Mini Eight: InstaX mini 8 won't take pictures and all orange lights are on

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:41:42 -0700

Hi. I have the instax mini 8 Polaroid camera. I went to use it for the 4th time and all of a sudden it doesn't work. When turned on all the orange lights are on the dial not just one, there's a red light by the screen viewer and it won't take any pics. How do I fix this? I emailed Fuji film and they didn't answer

⟐ Answer accepted April 21, 2026 at 12:41 MST

Nikon J1 Camera: My Nikon J1 wont turn on.

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:40:59 -0700

My Nikon J1 sat unused for about 6 months. I charged the battery but it still won't turn on. Suggestions?

⟐ Answer accepted April 21, 2026 at 12:40 MST

Canon EOS Rebel T3i: SD card slot does not work

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:52:15 -0700

My SD card slot does not work anymore and I bought a new SD PCB assembly for it. (http://uscamera.com/cg2-3308.htm) Do you have a guide on how I could replace this? I could probably figure out how to do it myself, but it would make me feel better to have instructions

⟐ Commented April 20, 2026 at 11:52 MST

Canon EOS 5D Mark III: Camera display not showing the correct image

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:13:51 -0700

LCD DISPLAY NOT WORKING

⟐ Commented April 20, 2026 at 8:13 MST

Canon EOS 5D Mark III: No display except when I turn it off

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:04:36 -0700

This might be user error (PEBIKAC) or a hardware problem.

My 5D Mark III works fine, except the display will not turn on. All other features are fine. The camera takes photos just fine. Press Menu or Play or INFO, and the display stays blank.

But when you turn the camera off, the LCD lights up like normal and shows the ‘Sensor cleaning’ image! The screen is perfectly bright and looks fine.

This one is stumping me! I can’t access menu settings to tinker at all.

⟐ Answered April 20, 2026 at 5:04 MST

Ring Video Doorbell: Why does the ring door cam have a $@$* sound

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:28:06 -0700

when anyone answers the door cam and speaks it does not sound great

it either sounds robotic or scratchy why is this

there is no issue with the network as we are one 180mbps so why is this occurring

⟐ Answer accepted April 19, 2026 at 22:28 MST

olympus VR-340 16MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Zoom: Won't charge. Is this a common fault please?

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:50:18 -0700

Plugged in the charger as usual but its very small and I’m wondering if its been damaged by someone trying to put the plug in upside down. Any suggestions much appreciated.

⟐ Answered April 19, 2026 at 11:50 MST

Canon PowerShot A1200: I don't have the specific batteries required

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:55:39 -0700

So, I would like to ask: I don't have the specific batteries required for my camera. I tried inserting two batteries to test it, but the lens only extended slightly outward, and shortly thereafter, the camera shut down. Could you please tell me which batteries I should use?

⟐ Commented April 19, 2026 at 8:55 MST

Samsung Digimax L83T: Screen or display is blank

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:18:05 -0700

My Samsung L83T digital camera (2007 model) powers on and holds a full charge with no issues. All core functions work perfectly — it takes photos, uses zoom, responds to all buttons, and saves images to the SD card which I can view on my computer. The only problem is that the 2.5-inch LCD screen stays completely black/blank and unresponsive when the camera is on. However, if I shine strong direct light like sunlight or a torch onto the screen, the display becomes faintly visible and I can make out the menu, live view, and photos. This suggests the LCD panel itself is still working, but the backlight, backlight inverter, or flex cable has failed.

⟐ Edited by author April 18, 2026 at 11:18 MST

GE A1050: My camera wont work if I switch it on camera and video mode

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:55:06 -0700

my camera won't work if i switch it on camera and video mode it automatically turn off but when i switch it on photos it' working

Fujifilm Camera: Its not turning on

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:04:18 -0700

but its making a sound like its trying to

Its a fujifilm A850

⟐ Edited by author April 18, 2026 at 3:04 MST

Sony Cybershot DSC-S700: Why is the camera getting disabled after just 10 minutes. Even after p

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:22:15 -0700

Camera works perfectly fine for 10 mins, then gets shuts off due to battery being dead but I've tried new batteries. Then, too same issue

Canon M50: M50 is losing the time/date setting while changing the battery.

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:12:41 -0700

When I change the battery the M50 is losing the time & date setting. I know there is a capacitor built in instead of another small battery. Where is this capacitor, how can I reach it and how to repair?

Olympus VR-350: Why is my camera screen like blocked out by large white blocks

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:52:44 -0700

I turn on my camera and the screen is like blocked and glitchy. It still can take photos and everything else is fine. How do I fix this? Do I need to change the screen?

⟐ Edited by author April 16, 2026 at 3:52 MST

Nikon Lens: My lens won't go past .7 meters of focus

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:50:02 -0700

So I got a used camera and a lens, but when it arrived, and I tried testing it out, it didn't function properly. I tried to autofocus for a landscape picture and I heard a clicking noise, and it wouldn't go up from .7 meters. I thought it might be that the auto focus was broken, but when I tried manual, it was the same result. The little dial for the focus would turn after that .7 mark, but both the focus and the meter on top wouldn't change. I will attach a few pictures of the lens and the model of the lens. There will also be an image of the little bar and where it's stuck on.

⟐ Edited by author April 15, 2026 at 21:50 MST

Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3: My screen is turning on and text also show on the screen menus are on

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:08:05 -0700

Firstly let me tell you where I bought my Konica camera is in a offloading container where offload stuff from abroad so I it and I bought it but it was not expensive at all but wasn’t with the batteries so I brought Aa batteries but not rechargeable ones and when I put it on it came on immediately but with no live view but all the text are on in the screen and even showing no card but when I was about to check it the battery showed exhausted

Nikon D90: Photos quality is not good

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:06:37 -0700

When I click pictures after when I see the picture then I found that my picture quality is not good it's poor pixels are not good after clicking the picture, what should I do ,how it will improve and make it better

Canon EOS 2000D: Servicing camera is not working properly

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:53:02 -0700

Image qualities were down I want to clean my camera and lens

⟐ Commented April 14, 2026 at 8:53 MST

Samsung Digimax S600: My camera screen is not working

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:16:20 -0700

My camera screen is not working but camera light is working

Canon EOS R5: It's lence has been broken

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:34:42 -0700

Camera fell down and broken

And now I want to change its lence how to do that

⟐ Commented April 14, 2026 at 0:34 MST