Why won't my camera let me take picture

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Nikon Coolpix P500

500 series DSLR camera developed by Nikon. Released in February, 2011.

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Everytime I try to take pictures with my camera it keeps saying, Memory is write protected . What does that mean?

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score 2 · Answer 1 · 2018-06-04T07:01:10-07:00

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Check that the SD Card’s sliding write protect tab has not been operated.

Here’s an image to show where it’s located

(click on image to enlarge for better viewing)

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How could you tell if it has not been operated?

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You can try by just switching the position of the switch and see if it fixes the problem.

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