When my pentax optio 50 digital camera is on the screen just shows coloured lines.It will not take pics,why?

Question

I have loaded pics on to my laptop with the camera last night, since then when its turned on on the screen is just colouerd lones. None of the buttons or zoom works. I have changed the batteries, taken memory card out and in. It is about 2yrs old the camera.

Answer 1

Check the manual to see if you can do a hard reset. If not I think it is likely to be broken.

Answer 2

i work in an electrical shop and can tell you ANY fault with a camera is usually not worth repairing...it sounds like a serious prob..and the average camera reair is AU$250, (i dont know what couyntry your in but here that would be the equivalent to buying a new half decent camera)