Button popped out of Canon Powershot S330 Digital Elph?

<johnandjanet.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> My daughter dropped her Canon Powershot S330 Digital Elph camera. It
> was a short drop of a foot or so onto a not so hard surface. She turned
> the camera on and it still came on. She put the camera away believing
> she got lucky. One day a few days later she found this little stainless
> steel button, didn't know what it was and discarded it. Still later she
> realized that the stainless steel button was the trigger button from
> her camera. It had apparently popped out when she dropped the camera.
> Now it's gone. What is visible is a circular recessed area where the
> button used to reside. There is a hollow tube in the center of this
> recessed area and one tiny square opening on either side of it at the 9
> o'clock and 3 o'clock positions.
>
> She is still able to view pictures on the flash card that's in the
> camera but cannot take pictures because of the missing button. She
> wonders if it's worth fixing the camera.
>
> Does anyone have any idea how much Canon will charge to fix it? I
> suspect they have a standard flat rate fee of something like $125. Am I
> correct? Or is there a less expensive way to remedy this problem?
>
> Thanks.


Look up yellow pages for your nearest Camera Repairer.

They can fix this for a lot less than Canon would charge.

Roy G
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A drop like that usually results in the E18 message, which prevents
shooting, viewing, etc., and you'd have had to send it in for repair
anyway. When that happened to my camera, the Canon-licensed repair shhop
fixed it for free, but then I'm in Germany.
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On 4 Sep 2006 17:43:20 -0700, johnandjanet RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:

>My daughter dropped her Canon Powershot S330 Digital Elph camera.
*SNIP*
>
>She is still able to view pictures on the flash card that's in the
>camera but cannot take pictures because of the missing button. She
>wonders if it's worth fixing the camera.
>
>Does anyone have any idea how much Canon will charge to fix it? I
>suspect they have a standard flat rate fee of something like $125. Am I
>correct? Or is there a less expensive way to remedy this problem?
>
>Thanks.

This is a nice little camera (I have 1 too), so I hope she is
able to fine a camera repair shop that can get & install a new shutter
button. Also if a camera shop can't get the part, don't rule out the
possibility of a computer or electronics repair shop being able to
fabricate an equivalent.

What is most likely under the missing button is a tiny
membrane or micro switch. So the camera should still be able to take
pictures if you can fabricate a similarly shaped object to activate
the switch below it. A long shot but 1 might be able to use a
non-metallic clothing button of the correct size & super glue a small
nub of plastic @ it's bottom center that will activate the switch
below when pressed.

Yes this would be a Mickey Mouse, last ditch effort to save
the camera if all other options prove non-viable. But it may be worth
consideration if it comes down to that.

Moral of the story is: "Always" use the wrist or neck strap,
especially on small cameras. Watch most people & you will see that
very few do this & failure to do so is probably the single biggest
camera killer. Yes it can be an effort sometimes but even in the most
steady hands, it only takes 1 person (often a running child) to bump
into your arm & there goes the camera!

Best of luck getting it fixed. I'm not trying to pour salt
into an open wound, just hoping that this illustrates to others a
simple way to protect their cameras from a similar or worst fate.

Respectfully, DHB


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