canon A200 question?

[clarelouise]

My husband and I have got a couple of digital cameras and one of them is the Canon A200.
The pictures are great quality for the money we paid for the camera.
In fact we paid a lot more money for our other one and I would say that the canon is better quality.
We wondered if anyone out there knows a little about cameras and faults.
We now have to turn the shutter to click it on and then click it off for about 4 to 5 times until it seems it has warmed up and then it will take a picture.
Once we have done this it seems to be okay for a couple of hours.
It is so annoying as it is my favourite camera and the pictures are okay.So as far as taking the picture it is still doing its job.
But this is getting me mad when I want to take a picture and by the time I have got the camera warmed up the things I am taking a picture of has moved.
Can anyone shed some light as to what the problem may be and if you know do you also know how much it would cost to fix?
Many thanks for any replies.
clare

[Cetti]

Take it back where you bought it clarelouise, as it sounds as though a replacement camera is in order, or at the very least they should find the answer to your problem. Just a thought, are your batteries kept fully charged?

[clarelouise]

yes we use rechargable batteries and they are always fully charged.

thanks for the suggestion though.

many thanks

clare