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Canon IXUS 400 'E18' Error - How To Handle Canon??!!
"Dan Ricketts" wrote in message news:hcsuc.533$cs4.3@newsfe4-gui... Hi All, I've had my Ixus 400 for about 6 months when it presented me with an E18 error and the lens refused to retract. I managed to get the lens back in after powering on & off a few times but I'm still getting the occasional Snip SNip. Dan, My daughter was using her camera is a Canon IXUS v3 she was taking shots when a gust of wind blew fine dust over her and her camera. The zoom lens got stuck and that she thought was that and it would have to go back for an expensive clean out. I looked at the lens barrel with a magnifying lens and could see the tiny bits of grit/sand wedging the barrel to one side very slightly. What I did was to turn the camera so that the lens was pointing down and pushed firmly but carefully to open up the barrel some of the grit dropped out and I taped the camera carefully again until most of the grit was out. Replaced the battery and switched the camera on and off several times with the lens pointing down and much more grit came out. She is happily useing it without any trouble to date. This a copy and paste of a post I sent in April 2004 to which I dint get ant feed back. If this works could let the NG know? MikeS |
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