Canon PowerShot A480 won't take photo. Pressing on button camera on then pressing silver button to take photo when pressed down screen turns black no picture taken. Batteries new. This is the story; camera was working fine then showed low battery bought new batteries took couple of photo's showed low battery again. Replaced battery same thing again but now when pressing button to take photo screen goes black. Camera bought 30/9/2009. Any idea's????

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My lcd display won't show the camera image while taking pics but it will show the menu and previously taken photos by pressing the play button. What could be wrong?

Turn the camera on, and press the DISP button on the back of the camera. This turns the LCD screen on and off. The idea of this button is to save battery power (you would then use the peep hole optical viewfinder in its place).

Dec 14, 2012 • Canon PowerShot SX30 IS Digital Camera

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How do I view the internal memory of the Canon powershot A480?

Turn the camera off, remove the memory card, then turn the camera on and press the playback button.

Aug 19, 2011 • Canon PowerShot A480 Digital Camera

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I have a powershot A480 canon camera and it date stamps all my photos. How do I disable this function?

If you press the "Function Select" button then press the outer ring UP or DOWN to select the icon that looks like a clock on the left and panel. Then press the outer ring LEFT or RIGHT until the L is selected and appears in the panel on the LHS. That will remove the date stamps from the photos.

Cheers, Richard

PS Great choice of camera by the way.

Jun 13, 2010 • Canon PowerShot A480 Digital Camera

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How do i get the sate to show on photos on a canonpowershot a480

The date/time stamp only works in "Postcard" resolution. Press the "Func Set" button, then scroll down to the bottom to select postcard resolution.
Then press the menu button. Select the "Camera" menu, then scroll down to the the Date Time Stamp selection to turn it on.

Mar 10, 2010 • Canon PowerShot A480 Digital Camera

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How do i change the resolution in canon A480

Press the FuncSet button, then press up/down navigate to the current image size. Press left/right to select the desired size, then press FuncSet again to save the change.

This is on page 64 of my copy of the manual.

Feb 08, 2010 • Canon PowerShot A480 Digital Camera

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WHILE PRESSING THE SHUTTER BUTTON IT OPENS WITH A SOUND

Go to "Menu" and right arrow over to the Tools icon. Arrow down to "Volume" and use the "Function Set" button to select. Arrow down to "Startup Volume" and use your left and right arrows to select the desired volume. Then press "Menu" twice to save and exit.

Jan 05, 2010 • Canon PowerShot A480 Digital Camera

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I have just purchased Canon Powershot A480

I think the "busy" part can be put down to the camera performing a function or recharging the flash. The red icon I THINK shows that the camera is focussing.

With the last model it worked so that you could half press the button to focus on something (eg a fast moving pet) and then once your pet stopped moving your could fully press the button to take a photo and the focus distance would remain the same.

Nov 27, 2009 • Canon PowerShot A480 Digital Camera

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I have a new powershot A480 but do not have a manual can I download one please? Also only take a few photos and it tells me that the memory card is full - can you please tell me why? Thanks

manuals for your model are available on the canon site for your region under their support button

Aug 15, 2009 • Canon Powershot A480 - Silver Digital...

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Will not show photo

Did you accidentally press the DISP button on the back of your camera (the bottom button). This manually turns the screen on and off to save batteries. Try pressing it once more to see if that corrects the problem.

Jun 05, 2009 • Canon PowerShot SD750 / IXUS 75 Digital...

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Black screen problem with Canon PowerShot SD 750

Did you accidentally press the DISP button on the back of your camera? This manually turns the screen on and off to save batteries. Try pressing this button one more time to see if it turns the screen back on.

May 27, 2009 • Canon PowerShot A550 Digital Camera

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Its just a matter of batteries...some are not powerful enough to operate the camera ....Try to change them and buy some real good ones..like Duracell or Tatra...do not make any compromises when buy the batteries...get the best cause these kinda cameras really require powerful ones...or ...try to get a set of rechargeable ...

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