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Cdad, Thank you for all your help and suggestions. BTW, I try to click on "helpful" but it says I have to "spread it around" more before I give you another check mark. In any event I REALLY...

Just to close the loop a bit, for all of you who tried to help me, here's what happened:

So, after looking and looking, I found one of the online vendors I use selling the same camera -...

Very good point. I need to look further.

Hmmm. Looks like it meets my needs. Got to talk to the boss. Thanks for doing the search!

Might opt for the new one for $20 more.

Well, most refurb sites at least give a 30-day warranty. Fwiw. If it works when I get it, odds are it'll work a while longer.

It could have been a "grab and go" camera before being pawned. <grin>

Sorry cdad, I just couldn't resist the straight line you fed me. It is a good idea.

Thanks. Enjoy your photography!

Life comes with so many tradeoffs. It used to be so easy buying milk, as we had only whole and 2 percent milk when I was a kid. Too complicated nowadays; four brands of just skim milk now per store....

HH, Yes, I totally agree I got way more than my moneys worth from this camera, 10,000 shots alone on the last international trip. The reason I'm reluctant to go beyond a bridge camera, other than...

Thank you for responding and yes, it does sound like it's internal. I'm still hoping for some brilliant MacGiver-like hack for what to look at. A small wire to solder. Unrealistic perhaps. Just...

ma0641, I guess that makes more economic sense than going to a repair place. It's just that, being an avid freecycler and trying to keep whatever I can out of the waste stream, I'd like to think it...

Bought this camera used from a neighbor as-is for $90. Got several great trips' worth of pictures out of it - my money's worth. On the last trip, I was shooting while a passenger in a car (closed...