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Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Camera error; says turn camera on and off

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 05:36:21 -0700

After shooting, got message saying CAMERA ERROR; turn on and off.

What causes this & how do I avoid it

⟐ Answered March 01, 2026 at 5:36 MST

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Screw head stripped, need ideas to fix

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:05:08 -0700

Hello community,

I have a challenge, the screw head of the frame has unfortunately stripped. I have tried the rubber band and glue trick with no luck. I ideally would like to be able to remove this screw without breaking the frame. I do have a spare frame in the worse case

⟐ Answered November 22, 2025 at 11:05 MST

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: How to clean or replace Switch Mode?

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:41:02 -0700

My Sony a6000 Switch Mode always switching

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: How to unstuck the shutter curtain?

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:52:37 -0700

Constant black screen and error: "Camera Error. Turn power off then on."

After power cycling and turning on and off, I noticed upon inspection that the shutter curtain is closed and never opening when the camera is turned on. So I want to know, how to open the camera, unstuck the shutter curtain and perform maintenance so it can last another tens of thousands of pictures.

⟐ Commented September 17, 2024 at 3:52 MST

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Safe way to discharge a swollen battery?

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:20:09 -0700

I have a few batteries for this camera and one of my spares has swollen a bit. Not a big deal as I have more to fall back on but this one is no longer viable.

Considering it is swollen and cracked I do not want to run this pack if I can help it. Is there another way to quickly discharge it so I can dispose of it?

⟐ Answer accepted August 07, 2024 at 15:20 MST

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Side flap covering charging port & HDMi port broken

Wed, 01 May 2024 21:11:55 -0700

is there any way I could fix this?

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Why won't my SD card go all the way down?

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:07:27 -0700

My SD slot on my Sony A6000 will not go all the way down. It only will go about half way down in the SD slot. There is nothing in the slot that I can see. I read where a part of the SD card may have fallen in the slot but I can't see that. Can you tell me how to repair this issue?

⟐ Commented October 18, 2022 at 19:07 MST

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Menu and AEL buttons are not functioning.

Sun, 31 Jul 2022 14:17:12 -0700

My used A6000 camera's Menu and AEL buttons are not working. They don't appear to move at all when pressed. I am able to access the contents of the Fn mini-menu.

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Pop up flash connector sticking out

Mon, 23 May 2022 08:41:05 -0700

A few days ago i noticed the flash connector cable sticking out? Any help on how i can get it back in place? Camera and flash both work fine.

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Unable to read memory card. Reinsert memory card.

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 08:18:28 -0700

When inserting the memory card i get the error mentioned above. I can insert the sd-card fully. It seems to be clean on the inside. What i tried so far:

Various cards (128MB, 8GB, 12GB, 64GB) and they all work on computer
remove every partition on the computer from the card and i formatted it with FAT32
I followed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6rLkdxn... without success.
Cleaned the Slot with some paper around the sd-card
Some mystical ‘hard reset’ via https://us.community.sony.com/s/question... or https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4...
Haven’t followed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DInReh7R... so far as it seems to be a solution if there is something stuck and thats not the case here.
Update Firmware: Not possible as the cam is already on the newest firmware.

I’m asking myself if a replacement of the sd-card-slot is the only viable solution and if anybody knows the part-number of this thing so i might be able to order it somewhere?

⟐ Edited by author February 28, 2022 at 8:18 MST

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: How to replace the assembled flash?

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 04:29:59 -0700

The installed Flash was while extracted ‘mangled’.
Now it doesn’t stack in the locked position and is misaligned.

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Why won't the camera recognize the lens?

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:02:24 -0700

My camera sends a message that it cannot recognize my regular lens and to reconnect it. This worked the first few times that I got this message, but then it stopped recognizing the lens altogether. The camera DOES recognize my zoom lens and I have no issues taking pictures with the zoom in place.

⟐ Commented October 20, 2020 at 17:02 MST

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Power switch symptoms - no response or lights at all

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:13:46 -0700

The camera has no response what so ever. The power switch works smoothly, but the camera is totally dead. There is no charging led when usb plugged in for charging with a half charged battery. With a fully charged battery there is no response to the power switch what so ever.

If it is the power switch is broken should the camera still charge with through the usb charger? I am willing to move forward with replacing the power switch but I would like to confirm a bad power switch will also prevent usb charging. I am skeptical of this. I believe the power switch should not effect usb charging.

I think my problem is more serious then the power switch. I am not sure where to look next.

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: My Sony A6000 keeps displaying “Lens not Attached”

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 07:51:55 -0700

Hi, this is my first camera and confused on why when I attached new Samyang 14mm F2.8 wide angle lens, display tells me Lens not attached? I cleaned contact on body and Lens. Lens is connected properly. Please help!!

⟐ Commented July 16, 2020 at 7:51 MST

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: When looking through the eyepiece, why is it all black?

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:34:02 -0700

When looking through the eyepiece, why is it all black?

⟐ Answered August 01, 2019 at 14:34 MST

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Shows connection error to computer

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 04:29:30 -0700

I have had issues connecting the camera to my computer (mac) for a while. I was trying to update the software and it requires a connection to the computer. When following the instructions to update, at the point of connection it stops and says - turn off camera, take out camera battery and reboot this software. I have done both a couple of times, and keep stalling when i get to the same point. It then just says the camera needs a service. I don't have a repair centre near me....

⟐ Answer accepted July 29, 2019 at 4:29 MST

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Shutter Button Fell off

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 08:29:45 -0700

My shutter Button of my Sony a6300 Fell off. The camera is still working without Problems. What can I Do? Where do I get a New Button?

⟐ Commented June 06, 2019 at 8:29 MST

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: How do I tighten my hot shoe for Sony A6000?

Mon, 13 May 2019 10:33:07 -0700

My Sony A6000 hot shoe is loose. It seems to be causing the flash not to fire when it is connected. How can I tighten this? There are no screws that are visible to tighten.

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: Screen says “camera error turn power off then on”

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 09:16:08 -0700

Camera stopped functioning while using and screen says “camera error power off then on”. Removing battery, removing lens, installing other lens don’t fix anything. Controls are unresponsive.

Sony Alpha ILCE-6000: replacing mechanical parts of flash

Sun, 18 Nov 2018 22:03:50 -0700

I recently put my 6000 into a bag when loading the car and didn’t pay a huge amount of attention to it and whatever controls the flash popup appears to have broken somehow. It’s not that the button doesn’t pop the flash up, more that some part of the mechanism has broken so it’s permanently popped up.

I have a feeling I need to replace it but I don’t want to spend money, only to find out the case is broken rather than the flash unit or vice versa. Is there any way to tell?