POWER DRIVE FAULTY

1. Turn the power off, eject the battery pack, and reinsert it into the camera.
2. Turn the power back on and check if the drive part of the lens moves properly.
3. If the lens still will not open, retract or extend, then reset the camera.

Sounds like the drive motor assembly has quit. this needs to be repaired by shop, probably had nothing to do with the cold.

The CD/DVD drive may need reseating to make proper electrical connection. Remove this drive and insert it back into the laptop.
Next try cleanibg the drive.
The laser lens maybe dirty, use a CD/DVD lens cleaning kit to clean the lens int the drive.
If this does not fix your problem then the CD/DVD drive is faulty and needs to be replaced.

no there is no such little battery in the camera.there is one battery in the back of camera from which the battery gets power.if the charge in that battery is less or that battery is weak or faulty then this same problem of lens not coming will occur.but if you are confirmed that battery is properly charged and its not weak.then the problem may be either the lens assembly getting blocked or there is a motor inside the back of the lens assembly.the motor actually makes the lens assembly go back and forth.if that motor is got weak then this problem can occur.so the problem is either lens moving assembly got blocked or broken or the motor is weak/faulty. that has to be checked. before going for any internal repairing and checking .just be confirmed that camera battery is properly charged and working.in many cameras it has been noticed that due to weak or faulty battery this types of many problem occurs and replacing the battery solves the problem. this will help.please do rate the solution.keep updated for any further assistance if required. thanks.

Hi there its a problem of your camera lens guide pin. Which is operate your lens for focusing. Thats pin is damaged & thats why shutter comes out ,a strange clicking noise and the shutter goes back in . Thanks.

My Olympus Camera when switched on the lens comes out and in 4-6 times then it goes off without the LCD screen showing anything, please help me repair it. my address [email protected]

Did you drop it? if you did you have damaged the gear drive motor for it. Are the batteris good?

I had the exact same problem. Since my camera is out of warranty, I decided to try to fix it myself; figuring the cost of repairing it would be close to the cost of a new, better camera. If yours is still under warranty, let Canon fix it for the cost of shipping.

I unscrewed all of the screws and carefully pried open the back of the camera. Part of it will come apart easily, but for the part that wouldn't, I slid a razorblade into the crack between the pieces and used it to separate the pieces.

I was shocked by what I found. The "mechanism" for switching between picture and review mode, appears to consist of a tiny black piece of something (doesn't look like metal, but I assume it's conductive). The physical switch that you operate on the back of the camera, appears to push this away from the circuit board. When that happens, the camera goes into review mode.

I assume that over time, this flimsy piece of whatever begins to wear out and eventually won't return to the circuit board. I slipped a small screwdriver under this piece and bent it back towards the circuit board.

That did the trick, The camera now functions as it's supposed to with one exception. Now, when I go into review mode, the lens won't retract (although it will when I power the camera down). Personally, I'm fine with that, because the lens going in and out is a huge waste of battery.

One thing I learned from this is that when you leave your camera inactive for long periods of time, make sure it's in picture mode, as this should reduce the strain on the flexible "switch".

see this site -- may help - but follow carefully
http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/12/fixing-lens-error-on-digital-camera.html

I had a problem that may be related to yours. From time to time, whenever I opened the cover, the lens wouldn't work properly. It would make a grinding noise and then when I took pictures they would all come out out of focus. After much fiddling about, I eventually discovered that if I set ALL RESET to FALSE on the SETUP menu, it returned to normal. Possibly this could fix your problem. Otherwise maybe its a battery problem. My camera sometimes refuses to take pictures when the battery is low.