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When I turn my camera on a message says lens error 16 and shuts off, if i want to take a picture. If I put the camera in play mode to review pictures its says lens error 21 but lets me look at the pictures.

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This is probably THE single most common failure among digital cameras. There's a halfway chance of fixing it yourself, described here: http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/12/fixing-lens-error-on-digital-camera.html

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