SONY CYBER-SHOT DSC P200

DSC P200 lens was stuck. Would not go in when turned off, and camera was inoperable.

After just over a year of use all of a sudden the lens on my Sony DSC P200 was stuck. The camera would not work. I don’t know what happened, maybe it was hurt from me keeping it in my pants pocket. If I remember right it kept telling me to turn the camera on and off again. I put the camera away in hopes to use the battery as an alternate battery to my next camera. I figure instead of spending money to send the camera out to get repaired I’d use the money towards investing in a new camera. I actually went out and got myself a new DSC W80 today attracted to the image stabilization feature. As I took out my DSC P200 to compare its battery (NP-FR1) to the DSC W80’s battery (NP-BG1) I accidentally dropped the DSC P200 about a foot off my wooden floor and would you believe the camera appears to be resurrected! I’m so excited coz I really loved this camera! I had already given up on it. So to all the people out there who don’t want to send your camera out to be repaired. Drop it…I mean literally!

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Re: SONY CYBER-SHOT DSC P200

jen Posted Jan 01, 2009

THANKS GUYS! I DROPPED MY CAMERA AND IT JUST SHATTERED! J/K BUT I SPEND A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE HITS AND NOW MY BABY IS BACK! ITS BEEN TWO MONTHS! AND ITS ALIVE AGAIN! THANK ALL OF YOU! WHACKING IS THE WAY TO GO! I DONT HAVE LUCK!

Re: SONY CYBER-SHOT DSC P200

Mark Posted Apr 12, 2008

Kind of funny about the lens being stuck, searched all over the web, have spent two days trying things and reading, saw everything that points to Sony having a problem with this and expensive to fix. I bought the camera on Ebay so it isnt under warrenty and is worth a couple hundrd dollars to send it back. When I saw your reply about dropping it I figured I had little to loose so I dropped it 6 inches a couple of times on my wooden desk. Ther third time it worked, back to normal and taking pictures. Go figure. Thanks!

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