I just bought this lovely little light Canon A310 digital camera. I was proud as punch to be able to afford it. Now it seems to be having intermittent problems. For example, two times in the past week I’ve tried to power it on and it just won’t. I pushed the buttons, open the shutter door, and nothing lights up. Bad luck. In both cases I’ve been downtown at running practice and I have wanted to take a picture of my coaches. I tried to power it on and nothing happened – nada – kaput. Then I brought it home, put it on my dresser and the next day I try it and ta-da, it works. This has happened to me twice so far. Today I decided to leave it in my car all day to see if it was the heat. Just now I went out to the car, tried it, and it worked. Hmmm. Now this is starting to bother me. I’m getting real close to sending it back and trying to get another one, but when I send it in I have to describe the problem and that’s a problem, because it’s intermittent. Naturally when the repair people get it, I’m sure it’s going to work, and they’ll send me back the same lovely little light Canon A310 digital camera. Ugh.
September 21, 2004
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Have you looked into the amount of sweat that might be coming off your hand after a jog? Or the movement of your arm with it in your hand while you are running? Or if it’s in your pocket and bouncing up and down? All those possibilities don’t seem like they would be good for a camera to me. Are you also sure the battery hasn’t just run out during those times? Just some suggestions. Bye.
Comment by Matthew — September 21, 2004 @ 7:52 pm
I’ve not jogged or run with the camera except for the Congress Avenue Mile. So there’s no sweat to gum up the works. I’m not bumping or jiggling it much. It sits on my dresser or in the car. And the batteries are new. For example today I tried to power it on in the morning before work and nothing, then this afternoon before practice and nothing, then I got home after practice and it turned on without a problem. This is just weird. So I’m going to send it in to Canon for a replacement.
Comment by Bri — September 23, 2004 @ 1:07 am