Re: SONY E:61:00 ERROR

I too am getting a E:61:00 error.
Even though I wasted 100$ for repairs after a month or so its giving me the same error. I am just out of my mind to waste my money on further repairs.
Can anybody tell me how to overcome this error if ever there was a chance to do it manually.

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• Re: Re: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Jeanine
  - 19th Dec 2004 6:33
  I refused to send mine in for service for the 61:00 error... so since it was already a goner... I banged it a few times and now it works. (Turned it off... banged it on the counter... turned it on... not fixed... turned it off... banged it again from a different direction... turned it on... worked!) If you are considering throwing it away anyway, try giving it a good bang and getting a few more months of life out of it!
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• Re: Re: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Rod
  - 22nd Dec 2004 12:26
  Isn't the internet just the best tool! My DSC-S50 Digital Still Camera has worked faultlessly for over 4 years, but I turned it on this morning to take photos of the kids and dreaded E:61:00 displayed. Bugger - 3 days before christmas and the camera needs fixing! Thought I'd check what the Net had to say about it - a good sharp bang - why not - it now works - you little ripper. Thanks all, but I do wonder how long the camera will continue working for, or is it now on its last legs?
  
  
• Re: Re: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Jeremy
  - 22nd Dec 2004 22:52
  Hey i have a sony P-52 camera, today i was getting the E:60:00 error and i dropped it like 8 times and it still came up. i finally got mad enough and dropped it again. now it works again :-D thanks people.
  
  
• Re: Re: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Russell
  - 2nd Jan 2005 19:45
  I am very dissapointed with Sony. I have a 6 week old DSC-W1 - sure as Moses, I got the same error - I was on a camping trip and the lens would not retract - great! (with all the dust around) I eventually "coached" the lens gently back into position...then read this site when I got home. At first glance I reckoned you guys were 'cuckoo' to suggest dropping such a delicate micro engineered device (the hand slaps were not an effective treatment). After reckoning that Sony service would take a month to get back to me, I too got the book out (Fortune magazine to be exact), and let the baby slip from my hands from a distance of 15 cm (gentle thud!) Hey, presto ! it works again no problem. Thanks to your site I am taking pics again! Shame on Sony to produce a camera mechanism that plays up as it does...across a number of models so it seems. I think Sony needs to do a recall or something.
  
  
• Re: Re: SONY E:61:00 ERROR Joel Warnaerts - 7th Jan 2005 15:35
  The same happend to me!!!! 10 times softly whacked the camera(P52) and I get so angry, waked it so hard on a peace off bamboo ...... that was the 1!!!! power off , back on ....and it works !!!! thxs guys, greetings from Belgium....
  
  
• Re: Re: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Doug
  - 22nd Jan 2005 16:54
  Great tip on the "give it a good knock" solution, my DSC-P9 starter playing up lat night after working perfectly for almost 3 years, I thought I would be consigning it to the bin. I initially looked on the Sony site for some support but nothing there, and after reading the posts here gave my camera a couple of hard slaps with the base of the camera into the palm of my hand (Wasn't that keen on dropping it onto the kitchen floor) and it has started working perfectly again.
  
  I'm very grateful for who ever put the solution up, and in hindsight I can see why Sony wouldn't be so keen to tell their customers that there is a frequently experienced problem fault that requires the camera to be thrown or thrashed to resolve it.
  
  
• Re: Re: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Luann
  - 24th Jan 2005 16:04
  Amazing...I received the E:61:00 error on my Sony Camcorder. I dropped it a couple inches from the floor and that seemed to take care of the problem. Thanks for saving me repair $$$$!
  
  
• Re: SONY E:61:00 ERROR Douglas - 16th Feb 2005 15:18
  This is kind of against the theme of the message board, but I called Sony about my problem, and they said they would fix it for free. My DSC-P150 broke and would not be fixed by any of the techniques listed on the site. So, for $6 shipping, they replaced my lens and got it back to me within a week. Sure, the C/S guy tried to charge me $139, but I just kept talking to him for a while and asked to talk to his boss, and we had a deal in not time.
  
  
  • Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
    Masha
    - 14th May 2006 3:29
    This is amazing I was laughing and jumping for joy at the same time. I got Sony DSC-P100 camera. We were in the middle of a fishing trip when the lens got stuck and error came up. I was SOOO frustrated with it, and I love my little camera. I had it for a little over a year and it worked just fine. So when it all happened I "helped" the lense to retract and when I got home googled the error... BINGO!!! I really din't want to take it in to get fixed and on the other had was really worried about dropping it. I simply powered the camera off and "helped" the lens and then just smacked the part of it where the lens is on my hand a couple of times and .... IT WORKS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING!!!! Such a technical solution :o) Thank you sooo much for the advice.
    
    
    • Re[3]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR Gee - 21st Oct 2006 6:14
      I had a similar problem like Masha. I also smacked the lens when it was closed and it actually worked!! It is working as if it never happened. I am so glad that I did not have to take it in for repair. Thanks for mentioning that idea Masha!
      
      
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  lazy
  - 9th Apr 2005 6:28
  i had the E:61:00 error with my DSC-T1; dropped it several times onto my wooden table from about 2 feet. it worked!
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR Gu Wak Jai - 11th Apr 2005 0:32
  lol instead of banging mine, i figure i should crack it open. i opened it all up and messed around wit it. it also gave me a huge shock. it scared me hahaha it kinda hurt. but after just messing around wit the lense and stuff i put it back together thinking it was hopeless and now the error is gone. also my zoom was very slow and now its normal YAY;)
  
  
  • Re[3]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR guwakjai - 14th Apr 2005 0:58
    just an update, it came back on but umm what i noticed is that the red light in the front came on, i think its the AF illuminator. not sure i turned down all the battery draining things and the error went away. but i'm not really sure whats going on... all i kno is, when its trying to suppress the power, the error comes up and my lcd gets real dark also my zoom is slow but when it didn't have the error, the zoom worked better and reached a farther distance.