Digital camera - fixable?

Has it got wet recently?

Dave

And what make and model?

T i m

if you can diagnose and repair digital cameras, no. Its not something anyone could do remotely.

NT

Canon IXUS?

Spray it with WD40.

or sand?

On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:02:24 GMT, "The Medway Handyman" had this to say:

It would be better to spray it with compressed air, even though cans of such are quite expensive (no doubt because it has to be dry).

This would be much safer than spraying it with all sorts of gunge like the constituents of WD-40.

I regard WD-40 as an emergency stuff to try to release such things as the padlock on the shed - usually when I've left the stuff in the bladdy place :-) In reality water is probably just as effective.

Certainly for long-term treatment of precision things such as cameras the dreaded stuff must be avoided - it's a bit like using car body filler for house repairs - true botch.

PLEASE don't consider using WD-40 anywhere near a camera.

An angle grinder may help though... ;-)

In article , Frank Erskine writes

Fish oil, allegedly.

You could try turning it on with fresh batteries and waiting until it turns itself off (maybe 3 minutes?) Make sure the batteries are around the right way. Check that the positive end of the battery is actually positive.

Google for Sony* stuck lens

• = your brand

WD40 is the new angle grinder...

Here's a few ideas:

I've repaired a couple of digital cameras with stuck lenses. In both cases it was due to tiny grains of grit stuck in the gears that propel the lens in and out. If you're prepared to write the camera off (and given the cost of professional repairs, you usually have to anyway), you might as well strip it down and have a look at the motors & gears that work the lens.

Of course it might not be due to this but you've nothing to lose really.

Tim

See what your model is fetching on EBay and decide whether it's worth frigging about. Usually not

yes - thanks all, but lad has decided to do it the ebay way. We tried most of the suggestion - except WD40 that is.

WD-40 isn't even good for that, it's a water dispersal agent (hence the WD) *not* a penetrating oil or freeing fluid.

It's good at water dispersal and that's why it often helps starting cars with damp ignition - but clean up afterwards as the dirt that sticks to the resulting goo will make things worse in the long run.

Bet that would have worked...