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Whenever I go to take a picture, there is no image on the screen. All you can see is purple streaks and I can't take pictures. I really need to use my camera tomorrow, but I can't figure out how to fix this! Please help.

Hi José!.
Did you try to remove your memory card and take pics with the internal memory?. There are too many counterfait brands (the first is Kingston). Kingston is a well known brand, but there are lots of memory cards that aren´t of this brand, but are labeled as if they are original Kingstons. In general, many generic memory cards are labeled as leader brands in order to keep the attention to customers. One sign of this is their low price (many times are offered as OEM or bulk packages, and not in their original blisters). For example, a 2 GB labeled card is, in fact , an old 512 MB altered to show a 2GB in windows. Other times, counterfait cards are discarded lots or failed series. Many of then could work fine, but there´s a serious possibility of a failure in the short term.
If your unit doesn´t work after removing the memory card, is time to consider a claim call or camera replacement!

Hope this helps!

Luigi (From Buenos Aires, Argentina)

First thing I would do is reset the camera. This is a fairly easy procedure which involves either going into your setup menu and choosing "reset" (or intialize), holding down the menu key for 5 seconds, or, removing the batteries for a few minutes. It may be that the firmware loading got corrupted and the camera just needs to be "rebooted," which is something that turning it on/off won't accomplish. But after which, you should have the camera reset to factory default settings.

Another tip is to go to Fuji's website and look for firmware updates. Download and install them. While you're at it, hunt around for any service advisories.

Also, make sure you have fresh high capacity (mAh) batteries in it. Often undercharged or depleted batteries can easily affect camera performance.

your screwed bud get a new camera.