Out of Focus

SAME EXACT PROBLEM,,ONLY NO SAND SAME EXACT PROBLEM,,ONLY NO SAND

i have trhe same trouble, the focus motor tries,l then re-tries then errors out on overload.The camera focus does not change, the lense never reaches the commanded position and errors out on either position f.b. or motor load or possibly even time.
there is CAPITAL RED "F" on the display right next to the #of pics remaining.
I don't remember that being there before.

there was no abuse, the camera worked fine at the last use and was not subjected to any type of "extra dangerous" environments like sand or water.

It seems to me thatr trhe motors are likley still good because i can hear them try , this would leave some kind of mechanical constraint at the gearset for the focus mech. i dint think it is a very high percent of success on a "inside the lens repair" no matter who performs it, too many tiny peices and precision tolerances, i dont know if this repair is offered at the factory level or not but it would probably require lens replacement and would probably be in excess of 50% the cost of a new one. the bedst bet is to shock it er uh you know.... smack it around heh, using calibrated impacts,so that it frees up the lens mech but DOSENT turn the camera into a paperweight touchy touchieeeeee..... just tap it about the lens with a pencil, that shouldnt break it. just keep tapping from time to time, this will always give you something to look forward to:) da ha ha aqh
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im no professional but thats how it seems to me.



i have trhe same trouble, the focus motor tries,l then re-tries then errors out on overload.The camera focus does not change, the lense never reaches the commanded position and errors out on either position f.b. or motor load or possibly even time.
there is CAPITAL RED "F" on the display right next to the #of pics remaining.
I don't remember that being there before.

there was no abuse, the camera worked fine at the last use and was not subjected to any type of "extra dangerous" environments like sand or water.

It seems to me thatr trhe motors are likley still good because i can hear them try , this would leave some kind of mechanical constraint at the gearset for the focus mech. i dint think it is a very high percent of success on a "inside the lens repair" no matter who performs it, too many tiny peices and precision tolerances, i dont know if this repair is offered at the factory level or not but it would probably require lens replacement and would probably be in excess of 50% the cost of a new one. the bedst bet is to shock it er uh you know.... smack it around heh, using calibrated impacts,so that it frees up the lens mech but DOSENT turn the camera into a paperweight touchy touchieeeeee..... just tap it about the lens with a pencil, that shouldnt break it. just keep tapping from time to time, this will always give you something to look forward to:) da ha ha aqh
)_

im no professional but thats how it seems to me.

my ex-s600 works great after i put it in my pocket and I accidentaly turn it on and now it out of focus, I tryed to turn it on and off, I got it back on focus but now it's out of focus again, I try to do what I did before but it doesnt work anymore it's out of focus, is there any thing I can do?... thank you in advance... my ex-s600 works great after i put it in my pocket and I accidentaly turn it on and now it out of focus, I tryed to turn it on and off, I got it back on focus but now it's out of focus again, I try to do what I did before but it doesnt work anymore it's out of focus, is there any thing I can do?... thank you in advance...