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My powershot sx20is intermittently gives the following message --- lens error, restart camera.

Sometimes on start up, the telephoto lens opens and the moves back and forth several times then stopping with the lens error message. After I restart the camera several times, the lens may operate. Often when the lens error message is given, the lens...

SD Cards No Longer Being Sold?

I am trying to find a new SD card for my PowerShot A520 and everywhere I go, it seems that SD cards have vanished completely from store shelves. The only thing I can find are SDHC or SDXC cards. And I just checked the SanDisk website and it appears t...

SX700HS-Grainy Video?

Just curious why the video is grainy on the SX700HD?  I am shooting indoors, ample light, ISO is 200 but the video is horrible.  GoPro is much better in low light (I know, apples and oranges) But still, the 60 fps/full HD should not be grainy, even i...

AF shows Green sq - Afterwards Display shows white sq with yellow sq - with image often blurred why

New powershot 320hs - I'm getting the green auto focus bars when shooting a image, but afterwards the display detail shows a white sq with yellow inside square on the image I shot and the second tiny image for AF check tells me it is not sharp.  This...

No image appears when I take photo with Powershot A1200

Uploading pictures - SX50 HS

I just got the sx50 HS, it's my first canon camera. I'm having trouble figuring out how to upload pictures, or even finding my registration code. Now I think I need a USB cable..why wouldn't it come with one?! Any help, please.

replace nimh batteries with lithium

i have an oldish powershot a560 i am tired of it claiming batteries are dead when they aren;t i was thinkingit takes 2 AA batteriesi have been using eneloop rechargeables what if i replace them both with one 14500 lithium cell? will fill one cell hol...

Cannon Power Shot SD750 digital camera

I can not turn my Canon Power SD750 digital camera on.  It gave me a message about changing battery (somthing), and I don't know what it means.  I do not have the instructions.  How can I obtain one? and what is the camera problem?

Novice looking for a new camera

Hi.  I am researching ato buy a new camera. I like to take action shots of my dogs. But prefer an automatic . I am a novice and own two canons . Thank YOU

REFORMATTING VIDEO

SX170IS :  i shot some video i want to send out... apparently its to large...  can i reformat it, even after its shot ?    thanks, dave.

SX270 HS Panorama Feature?

Folks, I have to say I'm a bit disappointed with this camera - mainly due to the battery needs charging fault.One question I'd like to ask however is: Does it have some kind of panorama feature? My old (12yrs old) canon had a kind of camera preparati...

SX280 - Remote Shooting with CameraWindow App?

I have a new SX280HS and was wondering if it's possible to do remote shooting with it (eg, via Canon CameraWindow)? Thanks!

SX40 poor quality videos

My SX40 has never given very good videos, at any resolution.  I figured it was just the nature of the beast, but I have seen some demos recently on YouTube of videos from SX40 that are phenomenal.  It is 2 years old and never did work like I expected...

Cannot connect to Canon Image Gateway

I set up the wifi on my camera and created an account with Canon Image Gateway. Everything worked fine the first few times I sent images from my camera. Now I get a message that says "Cannot log in to Web service. I am very frustrated because the cam...