yea like this is what happened, i took it to mexico for the beach and i got sand in the sliding cover so it wouldnt trigger the switch to turn the camera on (i found that out by opening the camera up) so now for some reason when ever i flick that switch, it says Error ##### and suddleny turns off. and the lense is stuck out.is the lens stuck?
i did... opened the camera up and used an air compressor to blow the crap out of it. seems like when i did that, the error screen appeared, and the lense got stuck.well if you do think its sand, and its out of warrantee i'd open it up and blow it off thoroughly with some canned air