Zoom Error

[atseeyob]

Upon wrapping up his visit to the US, a friend of mine gave me his very recently purchased FUJI E550. I was so excited to have this camera and in fact used it in number of occasions. Last week, I went to New York, and the camera started to show me an error: Zoom Error. It does not open the lens at all. I do not know what to do since my friend lost all waranty information including purchasing information. Do you have any suggestions?

[ktixx]

Most likely you have some sort of dust or sand caught in the lens. This would cause this kind of error. Either that or something has broken inside your camera. Either way you will need to take it to a camera shop and have it fixed, this will probably cost you a good amount. One suggestion that I have seen (if it is sand or dirt) is to gently hit the camera, as this can dislodge the dirt.
Ken

[Anthony]

I used to get a problem like that with my 601Z when it was cold.

Caused thinking about it by taking the camera from a cold car into a warm room and expecting it to work straight away :eek:

Anthony