Camera is frozen, lens is out, screen is black!

lens block faulty

Take the batteries out of it let it sit for about 5 minutes and then put them back in

either press and hold the power button, or remove memory card, or press and hold power button while installing batteries, or finally get a software update downloaded

Probably lens failure.
Since there are so many cases on this site of the same symptoms, I would guess that it is an inherent problem with this camera.
Ultimately, Olympus, who used to make top quality SLRs, are now making expensive disposables.

I was quoted $US80 for a replacement lens.

Try these procedures.

I just took the battery out and then put it back in.
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i had this problem i turn my camera on the lens came out i turned them then my camera stop sayind lens error but now my pic is not clear

Press the power button on and hold it down while extending and twisting the telescopic zoom lens. It might fix your problem. In any case it could not make it worse Good luck!

Charging the batteries was the first move. Charge for at least 14 hours, and never shoot on low batteries. If the battery gives out while you are recording to memory, it can corrupt the storage media. The lens should work normally with a fully charged battery.

You could be suffering from a frozen Iris. This is the part of the lens which varies the amount of light entering the camera. Or the lens cover may not be opening when you switch on. Have you tried pushing the middle button of the 3 which run vertically on the rear of the camera below the mode switch. I had one on my bench a few weeks back which had an intermittent black screen. It started of as black and when I stripped it, cleaned all contacts and put it back together it the flashed on and off. I then stripped it again and went over every cable associated with the lens, CCD and video board checking them for breaks and recleaning them and bingo, everything came good. I have another 72 at the moment with a similar problem, I fixed the same way but got left with lines running across the picture. P72's aren't the best cameras picture wise and are close to the most troublesome, at least around here. For any of the above faults I'd recommend a visit to your local tech. Good luck. BMW