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[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  glenn sarmiento
  - 17th Apr 2005 3:13
  i am from the philippines
  
  bought a BRAND NEW SONY P200 7.2 megapixel in hong kong with freakin salesman who is bargaining small time digicam hehe the "modus operandi" of those salesman
  
  but anyway
  
  i just got it got for 3 days and went to the beach for some hot summer vacation
  
  fortunately while doing some snap shots at the beach this freakin error came up
  
  " SONY E:61:00 ERROR " i was so disappointed and i was freakin panicking because my warranty will be at Hong Kong and it would take time to get back there...and im sure the sales man will just ignore it...damdam
  
  and i started doing the google search and found this site...
  
  i saw the 2 feet drop solution, tapping it with your hands and the putting the lens downward on your desk.
  
  but i was shock when other guys said to drop it 2 feet and i dont want to do that because it is a BRAND NEW digicam and dont want to put some scratches on it. while doing a research i run to my car to get the camera
  
  the first time this happens i cannot close my lens its all stock.... i tried the cold reboot OFF and ON then remove batteries change batteries too and remove memory stick and reset button near the battery compartment.
  
  so i force the lens to close it by pressing the power OFF and turn it clockwise at the same time which closes the lens and have to keep it to avoid more damage.
  
  now for the first step before trying the 2 feet drop...
  
  before turning ON the camera i TAP the back of the camera where the LCD is located real hard with my palm...and blow the side of the lens real hard...because it is stated from one of the solution...and turn ON the camera and VIOLA!!! IT WORKED!!!
  
  but wait...the lcd is foggy and i can only see clouds on the lcd with the scene...and i tried to wait for 5 minutes...and the thing is the moist from my mouth when i blow it real hard went to the lens and covered it with moist...rrr
  
  now it is working fine....moral do not blow the lens just TAP IT REAL HARD 2-3 times at the back of the lens...if you want to blow it just blow it gently to remove the small particles inside...
  
  sony im sorry you wont get any money repairs from me
  
  hehehe
  
  THANK YOU ALL!!!
  
  glenn mark sarmiento
  philippines
  
  SONY P200 7.2 mp
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR Rene De Leon - 12th May 2005 15:14
  Marca ese error en cuanto prendes las camara al parecer es que no puede ajustar el foco del sonsor del Zoom pero no encuentro la manera de resetearlo
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Andy
  - 19th May 2005 5:27
  Wow!! I thought you all were stupid and no way was I going to drop this camera (even if it was already broke). I have the P-150 and getting the same freakin error. Has happened twice before and eventually it went away. Sony wanted $240 to even look at it. Um...no. So after holding the lens to a table, blowing on it, tapping on it nd all that other stuff, I finally decided to drop it. Held it about 3 feet above my carpet. Took 3 drops and now it works. Crazy!! Thanks to everyone.
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR Federico Melo - 30th Nov 2005 23:01
  I had the same problem. Took it to oficial service and said tha they needed to change the lens. US$ 300 in Argentina. No way I was gonna pay that, so I did the dropping thing 1.5 ft on a wooden surface and it started working. Don't laugh about this but it took me like 5 times to get it work perfectly and I think the more effective way it's making it crash on the display side. THX.
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Mushegh
  - 26th Dec 2005 11:06
  Thank you for your advice I use my camera Sony Handicome from 1998 Recently I drop it accidentally and it began to show E:61:00 error I went to one of offical service centers of SONY but they sent me to another. Another told that only opening and diagnostic would cost 40 USD and if I decide to repair the cost would be very high because all spare parts should be ordered and will come from abroad. I decide to search Google for understanding what "SONY E:61:00 ERROR" meant and found this site...At the first I was shocked when I found out your solution to drop it but anyway I with pain in heart decide to do it. So I drop it accurately twice and I was so surprised when discover that it become normally work after it. I think we should advice to SONY to add this method in their device operation manuals.
  
  THANK YOU ONE MORE TIME ALL!!!
  
  Mushegh
  Armenia
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Jose Lopez
  - 28th Dec 2005 20:39
  La camara de mi sobrina, una P32 sufrio el mismo problema de E:61:00 despues de que la golpearon (a la camara). Yo la revise por dentro pero esperando por algun "cable suelto" que nunca encontre decidi armarla de nuevo. Esperando algun "milagro" la encendi pero nada hasta algunos minutos despues que el error desaparecio. Esto fue hace algunos meses atras hasta que un dia de estos me conto que nuevamente el error aparecio. Despues de averiguar que el error tiene que ver con la inicializacion del enfoque me enfoque en esta parte de la camara. Si usted tiene alguna habilidad desarmando Y armando este tipo de aparatos y por supuesto las herramientas correctas resulta sumamente facil, y espero que mas permanente, reparar la camara sin golpearla. En tan solo 5 minutos se puede reparar. Necesitara un destornillador de cruz fino, un alicate de puntas muy finas y limpiador de contactos electronicos en spray. Esto es para la P32, no conozco los otros modelos.
  1- Remueva baterias y tarjeta.
  2- Remueva los 4 tornillos extenos. Hay uno en el compartimiento de la tarjeta.
  Los 4 tornillos son identicos no se preocupe por la posicion original.
  3- Meta la uña por la panza de la camara entre las dos mitades para empezar a separarlas. Haga lo mismo por la parte superior. Separe la tapa trasera con cuidado ya que la fajilla de la pantalla estara pegada a la tarjeta madre de la camara.
  4- Para mas comodidad remueva la fajilla de la pantalla esto liberara completamente la tapa trasera. Primero despegue la cinta negra adhesiva por la parte que esta adherida al conector. No es necesario quitarla toda. La faja se safa del conector levantando hacia arriba con la uña la parte oscura del conector que prensa la faja. Es como una bisagrita.
  5- Con el alicate de puntas finas remueva con mucho cuidado un pequeno conector blanco que tiene un cablecillo rojo y otro negro sin usar demasiada fuerza localizado al borde izquierdo.
  6- Remueva una fajilla localizada justo encima de este conector usando las uñas del dedo indice y pulgar o anular y pulgar.
  
  En este punto no hay nada que impida sacar todo el corazon de la camara excepto una prencilla de presion que esta junto al boton de disparo y que hay que levantar con la uña levemente.
  Saque con cuidado las entrañas de la camara cuidando que los cablecillos rojo y negro no se atoren en la tarjeta madre. (punto 5)
  
  7- En la parte frontal vera el lente y junto a este 2 tornillos que sostienen una tapita metalica. Remuebalos y recuerde la pocision de cada uno. Vigile una tuerquilla dorada del tornillo superior. Es facil perderla.
  8- Con cuidado remueva la tapita. Debe fijarse bien que hay una fajilla que esta pegada a la tapa. Observela bien y acomode la tapilla con respecto a la fajilla para poder removerla.
  9- Dentro encontrara al que yo pienso es el culpable del error 61:00, un pequeño motorcillo. Como paso final lo sacamos y rociaremos con el limpiador de contactos electronicos. Aislemos el area alrededor de el con algun papel absorvente como servilletas o papel higienico para no mojar el area circundante. Dele una ligera rociada con el spray y haga girar el ejecillo. Dejelo secar unos segundos y vuelva a rociarlo. Deje secar un par de minutos y ensamble nuevamente la camara siguiendo los pasos a la inversa.
  
  Intentelo solo si tiene alguna habilidad para manipular este tipo de aparatos y herramientas pequeñas de otra forma consiga a alguien de confianza que pueda hacerlo por usted.
  
  Pensar que a alguien le cobran $100 o mas por hacer esto!!!! Suerte!
  
  Jose
  Costa Rica
  
  
  • Re[3]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR magoo - 6th Feb 2008 20:51
    bingo!!! gracias
    
    
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  djagger
  - 15th Jan 2006 19:07
  I cant believe i found this thread, this saved me big bucks in repair costs.
  
  I have a Sony W1 and i got this error and after that a black screen saying to turn off the camera and on again. Did that 100 times, nothing worked. Then i read you guys dropping it and banging it and whatnot and i thought you guys were crazy!
  
  But amazingly, after banging it into the palm of my hand a couple of times, the lens retracted normally and the camera is working flawlessly now!!
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Arthur
  - 31st Jan 2006 0:32
  U-N-B-E-L-I-E-V-A-B-L-E!!
  You think whacking something to make it work happens only in the movies, but it worked like a charm. Lucky for me I only had to drop it once.
  I have a Sony DSC-P32 and got the same E:61:00 error message and was out of focus.
  What I did was placed my sony in a sock and wrapped the rest of the sock around it once so it doesn't damage my wood table. I hesitated but I eventually dropped it about 1.6 feet on my wood table (I measured 2 feet and it seemed a bit too high to drop for the first try). I pulled it out of the sock and VOILA, the error message is gone!! My camera is back to normal. No one is crazy here! It really works! Thank you sooo much!
  
  -Art
  CA
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Pete
  - 5th Feb 2006 9:47
  hi, just did the tapping lens thing, worked a treat, thanks pete
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Adam
  - 25th Feb 2006 21:38
  Well, my sister who is away at college had this problem, as she described the problem over IM, I looked on google for a solution. I suggested hitting it and dropping it (just as I read on here) and she said she had been doing that out of frustration already, with no luck. As I suggested various permutations of what you guys said (do it on, do off, on with autofocus off/on, etc) she grew more and more frustrated and then announced she had thrown it accross the room (I'm not kidding). Her IM fell silent and shortly she came back on, of course in all caps, shouting that it was now working.
  
  So, if you're alternative is to go without a camera (considering repair can cost as much as a new camera) try elevating the trauma level!