Canon Digital Camera PowerShot A70 can show menus without any problem but cant shoot any video or pictures?

6 Responses to “Canon Digital Camera PowerShot A70 can show menus without any problem but cant shoot any video or pictures?”

1. 
   wayneypayney
   December 7th, 2009 at 2:34 am

   replace the batteries with new ones, i had this problem. but mine was kodak.

2. 
   pissingir
   December 9th, 2009 at 2:48 pm

   Your description is a bit vague, it could be from anything.

   Is your flash card working fine?
   If corrupt you should see an error. Trying a card reader or another device to test the card.

   Do you see error messages or no response from your buttons?
   If no response, go to the service centre.

   LCD is showing menus but not pictures? Do you have empty flash card? Corrupt/spoilt flash card?

3. 
   Paul R
   December 11th, 2009 at 12:55 am

   The problem sounds consistent with the failure of sony supplied CCD’s. Basically the imaging device is dead and needs replaced.

   Canon have a free replacement scheme (for the faulty component, not the whole camera) provided that this is the fault.

   Does sound like though.

   The info is here:

4. 
   TomTom
   December 13th, 2009 at 5:37 am

   have it repaired

5. 
   Petra_au
   December 16th, 2009 at 5:28 am

   The A70 is over 4 years old…it’s not worth fixing, so do yourself a favour and buy a new camera.
   The advantages are…
   much better photo and video quality
   faster operation
   better features

6. 
   geog_nerd
   December 18th, 2009 at 3:14 am

   I agree that this sounds like a problem with the CCD. This problem was acknowledged by Canon a couple of years ago. The other answer discussing this provided a link to Canon Europe. In case you are in the US, I will provide a link to the US site for getting your camera repaired.

   The A70 is an excellent camera for its specs and has better image quality than my father’s 6-month-old Kodak. Fortunately I have not had any problems with my A70.

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