Hi, trust me. I had the same proplem. The solution is that "smacking remedy" the guy before you told. It´s unbelievable. But my camera works again.... Greetings Andreas from Germany

Yep, the two smack method works great!! Used it on my DCR-TRV25.

I cannot belive it! I should ask my 2 year old son to fix it next time. Thanks a lot!

I got the e::61:10 message after dropping my PC5 camera on the ground. After reading this forum I tried a few wacks and now it's working again.

Sony-TRV103NTSC - I folled your instructions as written, it work like a charm! E:61:10 is now gone. Crazy?!

We just tried the "banging method" and it eventually worked with our Mavica. We started out (with the camera OFF) slowly trying successively harder "taps" with the bang downwards on the "face" of the camera (on a rug with the lens cap on) being the one that finally did the trick. Saved us $160 bucks!!! Thanks! -Nancy

no kidding. I smaked the lense on the inside panel just above the usb port then couple mild hits on the bottom. turned it off, then on and the error code is gone

Unbelievable it really works WOW, I was at Sea World and accidentally my Sony F717 Digital camera slipped out of my hands and since then getting error E:61:10, i came across accidentally i tried 10 -15 good smacks with the power off on the lens and woof.... it works and the focus works again... thank u all for posting your experiences on the web tech support . keep up the great work. Thanks, Saran Nayani

Worked for me too! I have a DSC-T33. Whacked it against my desk with two "medium" hits (halfway between lightly tapping it and banging the crap out of it) on the top of the camera above the lens. Worked the first time! Thanks!!!!

Ohh god..this whack give a kick to his butt is worked for me. Ohh god i really shocked. Thanks for the tech's here.