ok, the first thing you need to know is that photo-mom is an idiot when it comes to cameras -- and she is not into spending money - she carried her Canon PowerShot SD950 IS in her purse, no case, and now it won't do anything - a new battery does not help - she of course went running to Tar-zhay (before the weekend - a trip was planned - Memorial Day - the trip on which P-mom wore white bedroom slippers to church because she'd taken two unmatched shoes, with heels, for the same foot! - white!!! before Memorial Day . . . the humiliation!)(P-mom and PJ do not always have a lot, other than DNA, in common) and purchased a Canon for about $125, but wants the old one to work again . . . so there are people online offering to fix Canons - and P-mom is stingy and doesn't know what to do :cryin: - there is more than one . . . and this confuses poor old P-mom . . . :idea: so someone on these forums can give advice??? need an estimate to commit to a repair . . . without spending much before i know . . . - b (if this is in the wrong forum just don't tell poor old Mom . . . it would upset her)