Hey everyone, I had the same problem on mine too. I got mine repaired and it cost me 200 bucks. The repair guy told that it was dust on the inside of the lens. He had to take it apart and clean it all. I asked him how the lens could have gotten dust on the inside since I always left the camera in its case when I wasn't using it. He said it was probably from the manufacturer and something just set it loose. It was a lot of money to repair something so small. If your problems are the same as mine, which I suspect, it is dust on the inside of the lens. Hope this helped. Cheers, Dallas Gelineau

Mine just bugged out with the same problem in the middle of my niece's wedding this weekend. Has anyone found a solution? I suspect it's an expensive lens repair/replacement....?

i have the same problem let me know if u herd any news

I have the same problem. I took it to the authorized repair shop. They took my $100, just to look at it and their estimate came to $395 (labor $200, parts $195). I think I'm going to tell them not to fix it.

I have the same problem. Can anyone help us? Thanks,