CAMERA WON'T CLOSE

Great suggestion about the battery. Kind of like calling a service
man for the TV and discovering it was unplugged. Sometime the
simplest item can cause a major problem.

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:09:44 -0600, Ron Hunter
wrote:

DonTWC wrote:
Well, after leaving it off for a while, I tried to close it again, and
it did. It seems to be fine. I think I am going with the piece of grit
idea. I take this thing everywhere and grit is a part of my business.
Thanks for all your input. And I will keep my compressed air handy.

Don

It may also be that the battery recovered somewhat while you waited.
Suggest recharging it before further use, and next time you do a
transfer, either use a card reader, or make sure the battery is fully
charged before you start a transfer.

"Ron Hunter" wrote in message
...
Mike Fields wrote:

"DonTWC" wrote in message
oups.com...
Well, after leaving it off for a while, I tried to close it again,
and
it did. It seems to be fine. I think I am going with the piece of
grit
idea. I take this thing everywhere and grit is a part of my
business.
Thanks for all your input. And I will keep my compressed air
handy.

Don


If by "compressed air", you mean the cans of stuff, be very
careful where you use it and how you hold the can -- the "blast
of gas" can work well used properly, but if you hold the can wrong
and spray the liquid before it has boiled to a gas onto the sensor
or other critical area, you can totally destroy the camera.

mikey

Use one with CO2, which has no liquid state at normal
temperature/pressures.

True, but misleading -- at room temp/press, CO2 is indeed a gas,
HOWEVER, under pressure in the can (or cartridge), it is a liquid.
Ever noticed the "snow" from a CO2 fire extinguisher ?? Holding
a can of the stuff the wrong way will spray either liquid CO2
(until it boils off and freezes everything) or the "snow" that is
small chunks of "dry ice" (frozen CO2) which is also not good.
ALL of the cans of "liquid that converts to a gas to blow stuff"
have the potential if held wrong to spray either the liquid or the
ice version of it on something. Bad news if done wrong.

mikey

"DonTWC" wrote in message
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This is weird and I don't know where to start.

I have an Olympus Camedia c-60. I just finished importing the pictures
to my PC and now it won't close. It won't take pictures, either. It
lights up, but when I try to close it, the little motor whirrs but the
lens won't retract and close.

I do get a blue screen on the camera, though, and this message:

D:
1E11
34FF
1E11
1E1A

Has it had a knock?

Have you tried Googling the name of the camera plus one or more of those
codes?

R.