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Question posted by albcd on July 14th, 2013

My Camera Goes To Write Protection When I Try To Take A Picture. Please Help.

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Answer #1: Posted by royron32 on July 14th, 2013 8:40 PM

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Take your SD card out of your camera and look for a switch. It is very small switch so look carefully. The switch on the SD Card is the write protection switch, make sure that the write protection switch is off on your card before putting back into your camera. To turn it off simply flip it to the end position (away from the end that is inserted).

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