20 Most Recent Canon PowerShot G7 Digital Camera - Page 5 Questions & Answers

Same issue happened on Saturday. Only difference was the lens cover didn't completely shut when I tried to turn it off. I turned it on then off again and the cover shut....but it wouldn't turn back on. I fully charged the battery, but nothing. Tried two different batteries.

I was going to take mine in today to Wolf Camera in CO where I bought it.

Note that the camera was fully cleaned and and a new lense added less than a month ago by Canon (through the warranty program through Wolf)

Thougths?
Did anyone get any feedback?

With camera dial on video, rotate the scroll wheel located around the direction button until Standard is selected. DO NOT push function set first like the manual says.

sound like the folder got deleted, just create a new distnation folder for the camera program your using

Check the lens and camera body's contact points for wear, damge or dirt

in your memory card there is a very small button adjustment that can be use to unlock and lock your memory. try moving it

Maybe a sensor is bent, telling the camera it still has the external flash attached.

turn off the red eye reduction mate,

As the price to fix my camera was over 2/3rds the price i paid for the unit i am using it as a paper weight. Dave.

Try updating the Zoombrowser software.

If you have a connection to the camera, go into my computer and get images directly off the camera using scanner and camera wizard, microsoft's default program. This will at least allow you to transfer your images until you can resolve the software problem.

If you have no connection to the camera via your computer, you need to try some other troubleshooting steps to get a connection. I will post those below in the next post.

A friend suggested I uninstall the digital camera solution disk and then reinstall it. I did so and although my computer seemed to crash once it was restarted after turning it off and back on and getting a blue screen from microsoft stating I had to start it manually everything worked out. I am so thankful. I got about 100 pictures downloaded and stored into the appropriate album. Thank you for your concern.

Hey Alcofribas,
What this should mean is this is a movie file and not a still photograph. There should be an option to play the movie, and the small image inside the gray box is a screen shot of the first frame of the movie file. I hope this helps!

Sincerely,
Allan
Go Ahead. Use Us.

To change movie resolution:

1. Set control dial to movie mode
2. Press the Func/Set button
3. Scroll down to the recording pixels icon (probably 320 on yours right now)
4. Use left/right arrow to select 640
5. Press Func/Set button

Be sure there is nothing on the lens. Clean it just for a try.

Take out the memory card there is a little lock on the side of it. move the lock over and this should fix your issue. hope this helps

even the camera guys from whom I purchased my canon didn't realize this one;
there's a small button on the top left of this camera they don't indicate for downloading
pics; that's all!
regards,
dzed

Did you recently purchase this model, or have you owned it for a while? Has this happened to you before or is this the first time you have experienced this issue?

I can tell you, as an Avid Nikon user..which isnt much different from Canon since they are huge competitors of each other..that this might be a defective battery. I'd recomend contacting the manufacturer or seeking on their website, if they list it, as I know nikon does, and see if there are a select serial number and manufacturer dates on a battery for your model. Nikon had this for their D50 and you might also want to make sure the same thing didnt happen to yours..chances are they might of shared the same OEM battery..

let me know how that goes. We can work on other steps as well...

The card may be corrupted and unusable. Try with a new SD Card. If that doesn't work, you need Canon Service. Try formatting it in the computer, add images and see if you can see the images in the camera.

If the batteries are the same age as the camera, they are probably worn out. Try replacing them.

What did the error prompts?