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
  Peter Forde
  - 8th Mar 2006 19:02
  Is it possable to use this method on the DSC - P41 or is it just for the model with the optical zoom...?
  I want to try this but am worried it won't work on my particular machine....
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR soy Waaaaaiillll - 28th Mar 2006 19:35
  son la cagada estas soluciones pero dan resultado pero mi cam no tiene zoom optico es una cybershot DSC-P32 me salia el error E:61 asi que lo que hice es enfocar una foto carnet al punto de verla lo mas nitida posible y disparar y se acabo desaparecio el error si persiste un pequeño golpe de frente al tablero de la mesa con la cam prendida y desaparecera el error..
  ¡grande internet!
  suerte
  
  
  • Re[3]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
    fernando
    - 4th Apr 2008 18:44
    MUUUUUUUUCHAS GRACIAS, NO CREI QUE FUNCIONARA PERO DE VERDAD SE ARREGLO,TENGO UNA DSC-P32 Y SALIA EL ERROR E:61:00 INTENTE LO DE ENFOCAR LA FOTO TAMAÑO CARNET PERO NO FUNCIONO, DESPUES LE DI UN PAR DE GOLPES EN EL LENTE (OBVIAMENTE NO MUY FUERTE) Y SE ARREGLO, ME AHORRE 30 LUCAS QUE ME COBRABAN POR LA REPARACION. GRACIAS POR LOS CONSEJOS.
    
    
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Carlos
  - 16th Apr 2006 18:05
  I have a Sony DSC-W1. I took it to the beach. It worked perfectly but after getting home, I got that E61.
  
  Got on the internet, did a search and found this page. I did not drop my cam, but after reading something about the motor, i decided to twist the lens couter clockwise until I heard a snap, and voila!!!
  
  I hit power and the error was goe, lens working perfectly. Everything is A-OK!!!
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR Debbie - 25th Apr 2006 10:41
  Since we bought the Sony PC200 in Feb this year it hasn't worked properly and is now frozen with Error 61 coming up. Initially it would say that you had 106 mins left or something then the battery would just conk out and the lens would froze until you recharge, now it is completely frozen and no pics/film can be taken. Error 61 is coming up and Access and it tells you to switch off & on which I've done loads and still frozen. Have spoken to Sony and will send it in for inspection as it is still under warranty. For you guys who have it still under warranty - if you look up Sony's website and find out where to return the camera to for inspection with proof of purchase and box, accessories etc it is Freepost.
  
  Good luck with Error 61
  will letyou know the outcome
  
  Debbie
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Ari
  - 4th May 2006 2:28
  I can't believe it, banging the camera around fixed it! I have a 2 year old DSC-W1 and now it works again.
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Colin
  - 5th Jun 2006 1:29
  Did this about 6 times. (dropped it 6 inches onto a book)After about 5 times the lens started to work and the error went away but it wasn't focusing, 6th time fixed that. I've also pressed the reset button just in case in my attempts to solve the error with settings that I had changed something I shouldn't have.
  
  
  • Re[3]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR Joe Russell - 10th Jun 2006 1:23
    This technique worked for me as well. I'm glad I tried it. My wife was telling me not to do it. It took about 10 drops to get it to work. However, I noticed that the drop that worked was the drop where I let the bottom of the camera hit the floor from about 2 feet (with the lens retracted). I read on another post that someone just wacked the bottom of his camera ... I believe that is the angle to shock the gears back on track. My camera type is a Sony DSC-W1. Joe Russell
    
    
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  bgirl
  - 21st Jun 2006 0:07
  holy cow! this actually worked!!!!!!!!! thanks everyone!
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  chrysanthemum
  - 15th Jul 2006 2:53
  This is amazing!! the same thing was happening to my camera....
  i tried the hard surface method a few times to no avail
  
  but then i just smacked it twice on the side and it is back to perfect order.
  
  thanks internet!
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR Ramu - 18th Jul 2006 4:01
  It f**cking worked !!
  
  
• Re[2]: SONY E:61:00 ERROR
  Vortex
  - 23rd Jul 2006 5:51
  Thanks for the tips! My symptoms were slightly different. Still the E:61 error, but the lense wouldn't pull back into the camera when powered off. The camera only focused up close; zoom didn't work. I flicking the side of my camera lense three times firmly while the camera was off did the trick. I turned it back on and the camera worked like a charm!