Kodak Easy share C763

Lens error messages 17 and 27

I recently purchased a kodak camera and now i can't get the camera to turn on, it gives me an error of lens 17 the lens 27. I have tried to look this up in the manual but it is not there. Can you please explain what this is and is there anything i can do to correct this.

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• Re: Kodak Easy share C763 Ben - 24th Jun 2007 13:52
  I also had the same problem with a recent camera purchase (same model). I found I had to set the mode to the default picture taking mode instead of the standard one it was left on out of the box (the wheel mode selector). After setting the defaults (language and date), it's worked fine since. Don't know if that will work for you too, but hopefully it does :)
  
  
  • Re[2]: Kodak Easy share C763 alli - 14th Aug 2007 16:49
    wait so how do you do it if you have the lens error i am only 15 so i dont know what that really means
    
    
• Re: Kodak Easy share C763 Ben - 14th Aug 2007 21:43
  When looking at the back of the camera (with the LCD screen), turn the dial towards the top right so that the dash on the camera itself lines up with the green camera picture on the dial. That's what worked for me anyways, I hope it does for you as well.
  
  
  • Re[2]: Kodak Easy share C763
    CbM
    - 22nd Aug 2007 22:48
    Hello. I was curious if the fix mentioned worked. I have the same error and so far have not been able to get around it, even after trying the default mode. Thanks
    
    
    • Re[3]: Kodak Easy share C763 Fred Tenbrink - 26th Sep 2007 19:30
      This did not work for me. Does anyone have any other ideas?
      
      
  • Re[2]: Kodak Easy share C763 Fred Tenbrink - 26th Sep 2007 19:32
    This did not work for me. Does anyone have any other ideas?
    
    
  • Re[2]: Kodak Easy share C763 cecil - 24th Apr 2008 8:38
    thank u so much,it really works..i followed what u says..my 18 moths old baby dopped my kodak camera ..again,thank you.. God bless you
    
    
• Re: Kodak Easy share C763
  Michael H
  - 9th Oct 2007 6:47
  ive been having the same problem with my new c763. It turns on for a couiple seconds, shows "Lens error 17" and "Lens error 27" then shuts off. the first time i turned it on, the lens came out...but when it shut off, it never depressed back in. Now its stuck out....does anyone have any fixes to this? i tried to above suggestions and nothin worked. Thanks
  
  
  • Re[2]: Kodak Easy share C763
    John K
    - 14th Dec 2007 17:55
    Same problem here too folks. Apparently Kodak has a defective product here. Lets send them all back without postage and include a big brick, so Kodak has to pay a few bucks for postage. I bought thid right before my vacation and Kodak owes me big time!
    
    
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    Sarviola
    - 28th Feb 2008 20:10
    Mine has the exactly the same problem! lens 17 then lens 27 and then wont do anything! what did you end up doing?!
    
    
• Re: Kodak Easy share C763
  Sarah
  - 15th Jan 2008 23:25
  I have the c763 too and mine has a lens error 22!
  does anyone know how to fix it?
  
  
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    Cam Den Uyl
    - 16th Jan 2008 23:05
    ya check to see if it looks like popped in kinda then just move it to make it straight then it works
    
    
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    m irfan boss
    - 28th Feb 2008 21:57
    u come in my shop my shop is in pakistan in islamabad an im master in lenses reparing and this is my shop adress dexon camra repairing center shop no 71 al faisal market raja bazar besment in rawalpindi my contect number is 92 300 9843979 oky babay
    
    
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    m irfan boss
    - 28th Feb 2008 22:01
    u come in my shop my shop is in pakistan in islamabad an im master in lenses reparing and this is my shop adress dexon camra repairing center shop no 71 al faisal market raja bazar besment in rawalpindi my contect number is 92 300 9843979 oky babay
    
    
• Re: Kodak Easy share C763 Mike - 1st Jul 2008 2:22
  Look at the camera fom a top point of view. You will likely notice that the lense is slightly crooked. With gentle pressure applied to the lower end of the lense, push. The lense will snap back into place and should work properly.
  
  
• Re: Kodak Easy share C763
  Carol
  - 1st Apr 2009 19:12
  This might sound like a crazy fix, but it worked great for me. I've had 4 of these cameras. Two stolen, one broken when I dropped it on the extended lens, and one that was accidently immersed in water. I keep buying it because I really like this little camera. What you do, is smack the bottom of the camera really hard on the heel of you hand several times. Then turn the camera on. I have to do this every now and then to get rid of the error. It seems like there is some little gizmo inside the lens that gets out of alignment. A couple good smacks gets it back in.
  
  
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    Jasmine
    - 23rd Apr 2009 1:14
    Oh my God, I thought you were crazy but I hit the bottom of my camer several times on the table, turned it back on and the lens went back in and the screen went back to normal!!!!!!! I am amazed!!!!
    
    
  • Re[2]: Kodak Easy share C763 eliy - 3rd May 2009 18:15
    5/03/09 It worked! I read to smack it real hard with your hand. It worked. I am serious. We had the lens error 17 and 27! Try it. Smack it hard a couple of time. Thank u sooooooooooooo much
    
    
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    nurita
    - 28th May 2009 12:49
    i want to smack it too, but ,, i can't do it!!!