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This camera is very good and takes excellent pictures.
Check out repair at Teleplan Camera Repair.
They have an immediate online quote that will give you the cost too.
The problem you are describing is a problem with something in the lens assembly of the camera. It seems to have failed and needs to be replaced.
Olympus will charge a flat rate repair fee for this product if beyond the one year factory warranty or the warranty is voided. The cost is $83.85 plus your local sales tax. This covers parts and labor, factory cleaning and diagnostic check, 6 month warranty and the cost of shipping the product back to you is all included in that price.
A family member of mine had that exact same camera and it did the exact same thing (though, he left his in the snow all night). The way he got around it, was to turn it on, and then hold on to the lens to prevent it from closing back into the camera. This trick always worked for him, but if you do it, it may mess up more things with the camera. If it's a risk you are willing to take, go for it!
I had the same problem--One day it worked fine-- the next day it booted up and cut of. I recharged batters. Then I noticed the memory card would not upload to my PC. WELL, I tried a New Memory card and it (the) Camera worked fine.. So just change the card and give it a try..Good Luck.
The lens need to be replaced or repaired. It is not fully extending. It may be that one or more of the plastic gears or plastic rods that hold the gears in place, are broken. I repaired two plastic rods in my lens, by drilling holes for new plastic rods,(I cut plastic rods from a plastic toilet bowl chain!!! It fit inside the gears perfectly), and super glue the rods in place. Replaced gears, put camera back together and BAM in worked! Nothing like a perfectly working refurbished rig job. Camera takes great pictures to this day.
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