Photographing Tarantulas

[Colin D Wilson]

I have a Fujifilm Finepix S1000fd (£120 inAsda about 18 months ago) which is brilliant EXCEPTwhen i take a pic with the flash, it freezes the camera andthe only way to get it working is to take the batteries out and start again, and i lose the shot
If i take the memory card out, it works, but the camera only stores about 8 shots. It's really annoying but i deal with it.

This could be a few things......
The memory card could be faulty (try another for comparison)
The camera could be faulty (either hardware or software, most camera shops will be able to give it a once over for you)
The memory card could be just on the limit (Size in MB/GB) of the maximum the camera can take due to it's software version. (pop a smaller card in and test)
The memory card may not be "fast enough" to accept the data from the camera if it's an older card (pop a newer card in and test)

First thing to try is clean the terminals of the card and camera with a good cleaning product, its amazing how many severe faults get sorted with just doing this.

[Mandy Clinch]

I'll give those a try Colin. It's always done it but it is a fairly cheap memory card, so it could be that.

Thanks for the advice

[benjamin steen]

i used Canon S5 IS before, but i now use Canon sx200 is, this is a lot better for macro then the old Canon S5 IS and it cost about the same.