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Memory card says it’s locked and I can’t take pictures on my camera, how do I fix it?
Take the SD card out of the camera there should be a switch on the left of card flick it to unlocked an try again
Rebecca, This is a common occurrence with memory cards and cameras, to address this problem see our troubleshooting page section “If a common error message appears” follow the steps there to solve your memory card problem. Hope this helps! The troubleshooting page can be found here: Nikon Coolpix S5300 Troubleshooting