Lens Retraction I've had my PowerShot for seven months and yesterday, after taking a picture, my friend turned the camera off and the lens structure did not retract nor did the cover go over the lens. When I turn it on now, it says "Lens error. Restart camera." but it won't seem to fix itself. What should I do?

akkf Nov 07, 2007

i have a cannon sd630 the lens will not retract, on screen message is lens error restart camera. i did that about 20 times.. still not retracting, help if you can... thank you

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Since your camera should be still under warranty, best thing will be to conntact to the appropriate factory service center for correction of the problem. Good luck!

Posted on Aug 07, 2007

Anonymous Aug 15, 2007

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!
Anonymous Aug 15, 2007

Ohlala,
it will nice if you will participate us with the way you solved your problem !

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