Life Expectancy of Cheaper Digital Cameras
Derek Lawler
I had put it away a few months ago and brought it out today to take photos
of a family group. When I went to upload the pictures they were all blank.
I had taken the precaution of putting new lithium AA's in but that did no
good. Do cameras have a life span? I know about planned obsolescence but
could that work with a popular camera? What else could be wrong since I
haven't used it enough to wear it out.
Thanks for your response.
Derek in Florida
ray
Can you view them on the camera?
edi...@netpath.net
> I bought a Kodak cx7300 six years ago and took a lot of good shots with it.
> I had put it away a few months ago and brought it out today to take photos
> of a family group. When I went to upload the pictures they were all blank.
> I had taken the precaution of putting new lithium AA's in but that did no
> good. Do cameras have a life span?
Not that I've seen. Older digicams I've bought used worked fine years
after.
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>I bought a Kodak cx7300 six years ago and took a lot of good shots with it.
>I had put it away a few months ago and brought it out today to take photos
>of a family group. When I went to upload the pictures they were all blank.
>I had taken the precaution of putting new lithium AA's in but that did no
>good.
Did you take the batteries out before "shelving" the camera for the few
months?
While it shouldn't happen in just a few months, it's possible that the
batteries leaked into the electronics.
Of course if the view screen is operative, but you're just getting blank
pictures, the answer could be somewhat more complicated.
If you have a spare memory card (that you know is good), try swapping with
the one you currently have.
Just some ideas.
J�rgen Exner
>I bought a Kodak cx7300 six years ago and took a lot of good shots with it.
>I had put it away a few months ago and brought it out today to take photos
>of a family group. When I went to upload the pictures they were all blank.
Care to elaborate on that, e.g. how did you try to upload the pictures,
which OS, what does "blank" mean, ... ?
jue
Paul Furman
Yeah, black or white or zero size file?
Does it show a preview before taking the pic on the back?
Ray Fischer
>I bought a Kodak cx7300 six years ago and took a lot of good shots with it.
>I had put it away a few months ago and brought it out today to take photos
>of a family group. When I went to upload the pictures they were all blank.
>I had taken the precaution of putting new lithium AA's in but that did no
>good. Do cameras have a life span?
Yep. They die at maximum inconvenience.
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Ray Fischer
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Martin Brown
> I bought a Kodak cx7300 six years ago and took a lot of good shots with it.
> I had put it away a few months ago and brought it out today to take photos
> of a family group. When I went to upload the pictures they were all blank.
Are the pictures visible when the media is loaded in the camera? Most
digicams have a preview mode to look at pictures already taken - and
will flash up the last image taken for an instant in normal operation.
It is a good sanity check - some older cameras do not get on with the
now *much* larger memory cards available.
If you put one of the "blank" images up on a webpage that may shed soem
light.
> I had taken the precaution of putting new lithium AA's in but that did no
> good. Do cameras have a life span? I know about planned obsolescence but
> could that work with a popular camera? What else could be wrong since I
> haven't used it enough to wear it out.
> Thanks for your response.
> Derek in Florida
Basically no they do not wear out but you may have forgotten how to use
it. Does the cx7300 have a manual lens cap? Some early Kodak cameras did
and leaving the lens cap on the lens is a classic cause of blank images.
Regards,
Martin Brown