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The lens on my Canon Power Shot S2IS will not open. It tries to but won't.
I do have some small dents/dings on the lens shroud/housing from all the hiking/backpacking I do.
The batteries are new.
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Something is bent or jammed service will probably cost nearly as much as a replacement camera. Sorry. You can try to cycle the zoom button on the camera a few times before you again try to power off and retract the lens but I am not optimistic of any solution short of repair or replacement.
I've run into this problem with this model of Canon camera before. It's called the "Black Screen of Death" and there is no way short of expensive repair to fix the camera. Some people claim it's the CCD sensor others say it the optical unit. With all this said and there has been a lot of these cameras die after just 500 pictures, make sure you have removed the lens cap.
Lens errors (E18 errors on Canons) are fairly common. Usually it's sand or grit interfering with the lens extension mechanism. Or the camera's been dropped with the lens extended. Or the camera has been powered on, but the lens had been blocked preventing its extension. Or the battery ran down with the lens extended ...
Here are some things that you can do to try to correct it. They only seem to work for less than 50% of the lens errors, but if the camera is out of warranty, they're worth a try.
This error is caused by a faulty lens motor, contaminated transmission, or mechanical damage from dropping. Unfortunately, there is no easy fix for this and it requires service from Canon or other repair facility.
1>>u may have dropped the camera in some place. 2>>the camera POWER ON switch must have got pressed while the camera was inside pouch. if this has happened, the lens system gets jammed and so lens wont retract. for this problem it costs nearly 1800rupees in indian service center.
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