Lens problem on my dsc-w1 sony digital camera

Probably, but the cost may be more than the camera is worth.

Hello Jim,

Did you get any error message or any activity at all when you try to turn on your camera? You mentioned it is NOT the battery, so I am assuming you already tried using fresh batteries. You can also try removing any memory card and then try turning it ON without the memory card.

If the LENS is trying to come out and then it turns off (lens error) you can try spraying compressed air into the lens area of your camera.

Please reply back if these doesn't work and give me more details.

P.S.

I am REALLY sorry for the VERY delayed reply. I have been trying to reply since 11 hours ago, but there are still bugs here on the "new" Fixya. Good thing a friend discovered a "work-around" and FINALLY I get to post my solution. =)

W1 http://www.sony.co.uk/product/dsc-w-series/dsc-w1#pageType=TechnicalSpecs

• Dimensions
• Width (mm) 91.0
• Height (mm) 60.0
• Depth (mm) 36.3

W15 http://www.sony.co.uk/product/dsc-w-series/dsc-w15#pageType=TechnicalSpecs

• Dimensions
• Width (mm) 91.0
• Height (mm) 60.0
• Depth (mm) 37.1
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could not find the marine housing on the web - http://www.sony.co.uk/product/dcc-sports---marine-packs each time I put those models in - none appeared

I have exactly the same problem and I found out that new batteries solve the problem. I also think the battery charger bundled with the W12 version is not very good. You might try (I haven't yet!) a new charger which handles new types of batteries (Ni-MH).

batteries may be low. Dont force it unless its your only option. You could strip a gear.

I found an online manual for your camera. Page 84 talks about the USB Mode Normal with the 4 dots underneath. It also show a troubleshooting area for this and it is on page 96. Hopefully this will get your camera working right again. Here is the link to the pdf manual. http://www.docs.sony.com/release/DSCW1.pdf

I've seen a lot of DSC-W1 cameras where the power switch/shutter button assembly goes bad. This is most likely the case.

Lens is damaged. not economic to repair

if you find any friction or noisy movement of lense assembly while switching on the camera, its probably fine sand particals stucked in ths lense assembly. pls do not try to operate or fix the problem as it would be needing thorough cleaning by an expert.