Greetings!

Cool!!! Thanks for the info and the confirmation. Since I am a rank amateur with a soldering kit, I will be having someone else do the fix. That is already being arranged.

As for the camera, I may have spoken inapproprately or used the wrong term. (I am a camera novice also.) I used a (I almost hate to admit it) Sony Mavica variation - the kind that saves the photos to floppy. Old, cheap, utterly basic, but good enough for me for quick web shots. Looking at the documentation, it was a wide angle vs. telephoto option built into the camera. Not a zoom. I don't know what the difference is, but I suspect it is probably significant.

Given that there appears to be very little solder on the power switch, is that something that may need work in the future as well? Is there anything else that can or should be done to prevent future problems?