My Kodak digital camera broke. I didn't do anything to it. What do I do?

by Marc Lacoste

I have a Kodak digital camera. 12x zoom, and i have had it since January 23 2009. I didn’t drop it or anything. It just screwed up. It won’t turn on now. I guess that the only business I can do is send it back to kodak and have it fixed. I was wondering how much that would cost and is there anything else I can try before I have to send it in. I have already tried new batteries. Thanks and please help!!

Answer by Hugo
It’s really hard to say what you should do next. You don’t give enough information to make an educated guess as to what’s incorrect with your camera. “It screwed up and won’t turn on” may maybe be indicative of anything. Sorry, can’t tell you what to try next or tell you what it might cost to fix.

Answer by Owl City <3
If you still have a excellent warranty, contact Kodak and tell them your conundrum. They’ll any let you mail your camera to them to fix or question for further details and tell you how to fix it.

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Image by SoulRider.222
9/10/06. Oregon. While walking. Kodak camera. Handheld. SOOC.

It will not turn on and when I try to charge it back here in the states it won’t even register or light up. It’s a kodak simple share V803 if that’s helpful at all. Thanks!

Answer by j_acuff
Hmm… shouldn’t have been a conundrum assuming your charger is dual voltage (most chargers usually are because of this). So you can try a different charger to see if it works. You may have gotten lucky and only your charger was friend and not your camera. But you should have known instantly when you plugged in a 110V only charger into a 220V outlet. You’d hear a pop and probably see some smoke. If nothing else, you’d beyond doubt smell that electronic burn aroma.

But looking at the charger that comes with the camera:
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=464&pq-locale=en_US&cameraEkNumber=EKN030905&skuID=S48888&Visible=fake&navCategory=EKN030905
It is listed as AC 100-240 V 50/60 Hz which should have worked.

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