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My camera lens will not retract and it refuses to turn on because of this. Any idea on where I could take it to be fixed would be great.

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  • ameyers May 02, 2008

    I had the same problem. I dropped my Powershot SD600 and the lens will only retract halfway. When I try to turn on the camera, it says "lens error, restart camera." I've tried taking out the batteries, but have had no luck. Any ideas?

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I just fixed one power shot SD630 with the same problem. Only if you have enough experience you can handle with this problem. First you have to take out the entire zoom lens out and after that , you must repositioned the last lens who is for clarity. Usually this lens are not in the normal position after the camera suffers a shock.

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Hey kara M,
Before you take it in for service I would try taking the batteries out for a while and then putting them back in. Often this resets the camera and resolves the issue.

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