SD600 will not take pictures.

[whiskerpouches]

This is my first digital camera, so please bear with me if I leave out any obvious information.

I took the camera out of the box, and put in the included battery. I ordered a combo deal from an online retailer, that included an A-Data 1 GB SD card. I put that in as well. Camera turned on fine, I walked around and snapped multiple frames. When I tried to view the pictures in Playback mode, I received a "NO PICTURES" message. I took out the SD card, and put in the 16 MB card that came with the camera. Snapped a few pictures, put it in Playback mode, same message.

I read the manual's entry about charging the battery first, so I took the battery out and gave it the recommended 1.5 hour charge. Put it back in, put the A-Data card back in, snapped a few frames, same problem. Then I performed a low-level formatting of the card, but this has not helped. In the bottom right corner of the LCD it shows me my remaining picture count, and when a picture is snapped, the number does not change. Any ideas?

*EDIT, excuse me, the message is "No Image".

*EDIT2, D'OH!!!!!! Ignore this post, I'm a moron. I was lightly clicking the trigger, not pressing it in all the way. Sorry about that.

[CRE@TE]

Good that you are learning from your mistakes. :p

[wpgphotographer]

LOL

You know what... I've had friends borrow my camera when we're at a get together and they say they've taken pictures but no more than what i've shot before. Then I realize when I witness it that they slighty push the trigger, the autofocus kicks in indicating something is happening on the camera and they think they are taking the picture. I tell them that they need to push trigger all the way down!

Most P&S cameras are like that. My in-laws have missed great pictures because of that over sight when they bought their first Canon digital. Oh well, we all live an learn.

[JustShootin']

I've known people who just couldn't get the drift of auto focus, no matter how much I tried to make them understand. The only thing that they could make work was a fixed focus camera, you know, the real "aim and shoot" cameras! :(