As you turn it on bang the bottom of the camera a bit on a hard oak table. That's what I did. solved. Thanks for the tip. I wouldn't drop your camera from 6-7 feet on any carpet... better a controlled bang on the bottom on a table. Nice fix!

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I followed these instructions from an earlier post on this site and it solved the E:16:00 error instantly: "I turned it off, whapped the bottom of the lense side on the heel of my palm solidly 5 times - not hard just solidly - and turned it on...no more error - works great."

THANK YOU!!!! My camera was showing the above fault, i took the batteries out and tried everything to make it work again.... but then tried the 'spanking' technique and it worked!! LOL!! Much to the amusement of my boyfriend.. Many thanks again Star x x x x

I found the advice here and tried it and BOOM my camera exploded. Oh wait - I mean it worked perfectly. Thanks for the tip!!

It worked!! Thanks!

My cybershot shot is like my baby so at first i was reluctant to hit it too hard but after about half an hour of constant spanking i gave it one good smack in the arse & it came perfect, no more errors & perfect focus, i couldnt believe it i was just about losing hope, especially at one point during the bashing session it actually got more broken & the lcd screen began to look warped. anyway thanx for the good advice people ive just saved myself alot of money, the technician here told me it needed a new part which would cost $200 id love to go back there & show him how to fix cameras by the bashing method. cheers

I too had this error on a DSC-P30 - having read first the $170 repare cost then the drop it or bang it solution in several forums, I opted to try the latter. I turned it off, whapped the bottom of the lense side on the heel of my palm solidly 5 times - not hard just solidly - and turned it on...no more error - works great. Made me laugh - $170 please!!

Tried on the off-chance that I may get a remedy to my fault and happened upon this forum. I read the first message about the banging remedy and thought that it was a 'wind up'. Just tried it as I had nothing to lose and to my amazement it worked. Still stunned! Thanks Guys

please let me know if you have a fix for this issue.ThankYou