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Question

Help! Kodak zi8 will only work if I HOLD the power button

Jul 1, 2011 12:56AM PDT

For some reason, seemingly out of nowhere, my camera will now not turn on as normal. If I want to use it I must hold down the power button the entire time! Once I release the power button it shuts off. Has this happened to anyone? Any ideas? I'm out of warranty and trying to figure out what to do..
I'm going to vegas in a few days and would love to have this fixed before then!
Cheers,
Jonah

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Try a reset and remove the SDHC card.
Jul 1, 2011 4:03AM PDT
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Kodak zi8 battery
Dec 23, 2011 2:15AM PST

Hey there. I had this same problem, and while it's been asked ages ago, it can still be useful I guess.
I contacted Kodak's customer service (NOT the repair team!) and asked about this issue (didn't say anything about warranty etc). They sent me a free battery after some responses. After this, my camera worked fine again. So try another battery and see if it works. Otherwise I'd get a new camera because getting it repaired would cost me more than half the original price of the camera!