I have a Kodak LS443 digital camera that worked perfectly for a little over a year, and then quit working altogether. I called Kodak and was told they don't fix that model anymore, but that I could trade it in for either another new camera or a used one. Or maybe a needed a new battery. I bought one for $20, at no avail. I did not trade in my caera, either. Then, today, online, I found postings by other LS443 owners who had a similar problem, except that they got error codes. One of the posters said he (or she) had an E18 error. The writer said he (or she) laid the camera on its back and looked at the lens and saw that it was slightly off-center. The writer pressed on the part of the ring around the lens that had a gap, and there was a clicking sound and the lens went back into place. Since then, the writer has done this two more times. So, I tried it. I got the clicking sound, but the lens was still off-center. I turned on the camera and, for the first time, got an error code -- E45. I googled E45 and found that this error -- stuck lens -- seems to be endemic with the LS443. Any suggestions?

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