This has happened on many Canon cameras in the past. Almost all of them I would say. There is an E18 error. If you carefully twist the camera lens, sometimes you can get it to jump a tooth on the gear mechanism that is used to open and close it. Sometimes when it is dropped it jumps the teeth on the lens and gets "over center" causing it to travel beyond it's normal range and get locked up.
Twisting it sometimes sets the round pinion gear back on the rack gear.
Other times it just breaks teeth off the gears or a shaft and you are out of luck anyway.
Also, if you send it back to Canon, they will repair it or send you a refurbished unit for a reduced price.
Check out [http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/4090/PowerShot+digital+camera+lens+won%27t+extend+-+get+an+E18+error|this earlier post] for more on the subject.
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This has happened on many Canon cameras in the past. Almost all of them I would say. There is an E18 error. If you carefully twist the camera lens, sometimes you can get it to jump a tooth on the gear mechanism that is used to open and close it. Sometimes when it is dropped it jumps the teeth on the lens and gets "over center" causing it to travel beyond it's normal range and get locked up.
Twisting it sometimes sets the round pinion gear back on the rack gear.
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Other times it just breaks teeth off the gears or and you are out of luck anyway.
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Other times it just breaks teeth off the gears or a shaft and you are out of luck anyway.
Also, if you send it back to Canon, they will repair it or send you a refurbished unit for a reduced price.
Check out [http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/4090/PowerShot+digital+camera+lens+won%27t+extend+-+get+an+E18+error|this earlier post] for more on the subject.
This has happened on many Canon cameras in the past. Almost all of them I would say. There is an E18 error. If you carefully twist the camera lens, sometimes you can get it to jump a tooth on the gear mechanism that is used to open an close it. Sometimes when it is dropped it jumps the teeth on the lens an get "over center" causing it to travel beyond it's normal range and get locked up.
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This has happened on many Canon cameras in the past. Almost all of them I would say. There is an E18 error. If you carefully twist the camera lens, sometimes you can get it to jump a tooth on the gear mechanism that is used to open and close it. Sometimes when it is dropped it jumps the teeth on the lens and gets "over center" causing it to travel beyond it's normal range and get locked up.
Twisting it sometimes sets the round pinion gear back on the rack gear.
Other times it just breaks teeth off the gears or and you are out of luck anyway.
Also, if you send it back to Canon, they will repair it or send you a refurbished unit for a reduced price.
Check out [http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/4090/PowerShot+digital+camera+lens+won%27t+extend+-+get+an+E18+error|this earlier post] for more on the subject.
This has happened on many Canon cameras in the past. Almost all of them I would say. There is an E18 error. If you carefully twist the camera lens, sometimes you can get it to jump a tooth on the gear mechanism that is used to open an close it. Sometimes when it is dropped it jumps the teeth on the lens an get "over center" causing it to travel beyond it's normal range and get locked up.
Twisting it sometimes sets the round pinion gear back on the rack gear.
Other times it just breaks teeth off the gears or and you are out of luck anyway.
Also, if you send it back to Canon, they will repair it or send you a refurbished unit for a reduced price.
Check out [http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/4090/PowerShot+digital+camera+lens+won%27t+extend+-+get+an+E18+error|this earlier post] for more on the subject.