AGFA DC5500 digital camera blank screen

Posted 6th Jul 2023

Good afternoon,

Looking for a bit of advice, please...

Just bought an AGFA DC5500 digital camera from Argos. Turned it on and all I'm getting is a blank screen!

I'm not sure if the battery needs to be fully charged, so am charging it up now.

Nothing in the manual about blank screen meaning anything, so not looking to promising...

I expect I will have to trot back down to Argos with it, unless anyone has any suggestions as to anything obvious it could be, please?

Cheers

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GoodAsGold
6th Jul
Honestly that camera is guaranteed to be terrible. It’s a long time since I’ve seen stuff like ‘5 MegaPixels CMOS sensor (24MP max. Interpolation) ’ and ‘8x Digital Zoom’

For that kind of money you would be better off with a good used camera from 10 years ago. Or if you have a reasonably modern smartphone that is likely to be at least as good
mas99
7th Jul
This! All the way.
guilbert53
6th Jul
Probably a flat battery.

Have you put a "memory card" in it to hold the photos.
nickyzizou Author
2 h, 13 m ago
Powered-on but just white screen, just a dud one. Took it back and switched for another which works fine, so at least I know now I wasn't doing anything dumb
MadSkilzYo
6th Jul
You got the lens cap on?
nickyzizou Author
2 h, 16 m ago
Luckily the screen was white so knew that could be ruled-out!

Brings this to mind:

Asda be heard to be believed
IAmATeaf
7th Jul
What is the point of taking a 5Mp image and interpolating it up to 24mp?

As said before any modern day phone will have a better sensor and be able to take just as good or even better then that cam.

If you really want/need a digital cam then you should be able to pick up a better spec Panasonic for around the same price.