How do you fix a Casio Exilim digital camera lens?

September 24, 2008 | By daniel In Casio |

I took a little day trip and I brought my camera with me, and I conveniently dropped it on the concrete. The lens made a head on impact with the ground and it got jammed. Now, whenever I turn on my camera to take pictures, it says “LENS ERROR”. I’ve already tried pulling out the jammed part, but that hasn’t worked.. And I don’t think I’ll be able to send it to a shop for repairs anytime soon.. Does anyone know how to fix the lens???
Here are some pictures of the camera and the current position of the jammed lens, just to give an idea of what model the camera is, and how the lens is crooked:

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc351/ilovebenbarnes/Moi/iPhone009-1.jpg

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc351/ilovebenbarnes/Moi/iPhone010.jpg

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc351/ilovebenbarnes/Moi/iPhone011.jpg

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1 Comment so far

  1. Ryan K on September 24th, 2008

    I hate to break the news but you have a pretty big problem there. This is the most common problem with Casio EXILMs. And this has been known to happen at times, even when the camera isn’t dropped.

    Lenses are glass. And they’re not just one simple piece of glass. The are combinations of a bunch of small glass pieces called elements. When a single element breaks, it will freeze the lens because the glass is obstructing the motion of the lens. And even if you were able to somehow clean out that glass, you would have a blurry picture. You’re camera is essentially dead.

    Sorry.

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