Sony lens error, does not come out - Canon PowerShot SX110 IS Digital Camera

This has to be THE most common failure mode for a digital camera. Some common error messages that might show up on the LCD's of cameras with this problem include "E18 lens error" (older Canons), "ACCESS" error (Sony), "Zoom Error" (Fuji), "Lens Obstructed" (Kodak), "lens error, restart camera" or just "lens error" (nearly all camera makers lately use this variation). Some cameras might show nothing at all, but merely make a beeping noise as the lens goes out, then in, then the camera shuts off. Sometimes the lens won't even move.

Lens errors (system errors on Sony) are fairly common. Usually it's sand or grit interfering with the lens extension mechanism. Or the camera's been dropped with the lens extended. Or the camera has been powered on, but the lens had been blocked preventing its extension. Or the battery ran down with the lens extended ...Here are some troubleshooting steps that you can try that may (or may not) correct it. They only seem to work for less than 40% of the lens errors, but if the camera is out of warranty (or repair cost approaches that of the camera), they're worth that try. Some of the later steps do involve some risk to the camera, so carefully weigh your options before deciding to conduct them:

I'm guessing that you're experiencing an "access error" (on Sony's) or a "lens error" (on Canon's and others). Unfortunately the replacement part runs about $30 on ebay (here's one example, just search there for: sony w180 lens), and runs close to the value of your camera (going rate for a used w180 is about $40). If you purchased such a lens, there's no guarantee that you'd be able to fix your camera, as it really is not easy to access the lens.
You might want to instead consider that fix techniques have been developed for lens/access errors that do not involve opening up the camera. See this link. Give these fixes repeated tries. But if unsuccessful, consider purchasing one of those used w180's, or better yet, a brand new model camera.

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Checkout this tip about digital camera error messages


Lens Errorfix for Digital Camera

heatman101

Sony claims that the E:61:00 error means "Difficult to adjust focus Inspect the lens block focus reset sensor". In my experience this means that the gears that extend and retract the lens are somehow jammed. This could easily happen if you hit something with the camera with your lens in extended (working) position.
You should try to:
- power off the camera
- place your thumb on the back of the camera and the fingers a few centimeters from the closed lens
- power on the camera, and with your fingers stop the movement of the lens forcing not to fully extend
- when the lens retracts or stops and then continues to extend, let it go

sometimes this would resolve the issue.
You may want to check this site:
http://www.fewin.com/sony/sony.htm
wich has similar trick for a different model from sony, but the error is the same.
Be careful not to force the lens too hard or you may worsen the issue.
Let me know if this helped, good luck

E:61:00 means "Difficult to adjust focus Inspect the lens block focus reset sensor"
The simple solution to fix that error message was to the let the lens fully extend and give the lens a good whack. Possibly this error message for this means, that the auto focus motor was past the maximum set point.
goodluck
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Its Lens Block Assy is faulty. Below is part no of Lens


Problem will solved after replacing Lens assy
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clean brass contacts with qtip and rubbing alcohol. let air dry couple of hours. do the body and the lens. hope that helps

The following blog outlines some repair options for a lens error:

http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/12/fixing-lens-error-on-digital-camera.html

the problem of your camera is the ccd image sensor...better go to the sony service center for replacing the image sensor..i know it is free for replacing that sensor cause that is one of the model that sony recall produc and the cover not open error message is a poor contact of the lens cover switch...