It quickly turns off when turned on, the lens wont go in when off

SOURCE: Cameras lens stuck out and wont turn on

I agreed with Mark Sox. Cameras belonging to the S Series really do have a battery type option that needs to be set up first for proper power connection.

Recommended batteries are just:
- Alkaline (Non-rechargeable)
- Nickel-metal Hydride (Rechargeable)

Just the proper battery type by:

- Pressing MENU/OK button
- Scroll to the right until you are in SETUP 2
- Keep on scrolling down and look for battery type
- Press the right button to pick up on 2 options
like Alkaline and Ni-MH
- Press MENU/OK for changes to be saved
- Keep pressing MENU/OK to get out of the MENU

Once, it's done, camera needs to be turned off for a few seconds
so that settings made will be refreshed with the camera.

As you turn camera on, you're now ready to take many pictures.

ALKALINE (Non-rechargeable) batteries when set to the correct battery type will really take a maximum of 100 pictures.

For the Rechargeable batteries (Ni-MH), when those are fully charged, and the battery type is set to Ni-MH, it will be taking more than a hundred of course.

To explain about the lens that stuck out, it's lacking energy required by the lens to go back in since there is improper power connection if battery type was not set to the correct one.

About the SD cards to be used with this camera, those could be:
- MMC / SD card (Up to 2GB Guaranteed)
- SDHC card (Up to 4GB Guaranteed)
Some cards are not compatible according to the memory card
manufacturer and memory card type.

I hope this help you a lot.

SOURCE: lens was stuck popped out

HEY I HAVE THE SAME CAMERA AND SAME PROBLEM !!

TO FIX IT : TWIST ON THE LENS WITH UR HANDS AND I WILL GO BACK DOWN