No, this is not a solution to the problems posed in this thread. What you've described is the ordinary operation of the camera. Myself and presumably the other poster know how to operate the camera correctly. What we are experiencing is a failure of ...
Following up on my post above, I can confirm the battery is charged so the flash should be charging. It seems like this kind of problem might be caused by a failure of the flash capacitor, not storing charge for the flash so the flash never adequatel...
I have a similar problem. With the flash up (lightning bolt with A icon) if the flash is required for proper exposure, no picture is taken when I push the shutter button, but the flash icon turns ot a lightning bolt flashing on and off. If I put the ...
I am having exactly this same problem. Screen goes dark unpredictably, can just barely see gradated orange menu items and only the very brightest items in the field of view. Pictures taken when like this turn out fine, I just can't see what I'm doing...