Olympus camera

[hardy49]

I have an Olympus mju 300 Digital camera.Recently when I tried to take a photograph the lens has not come out when I opened the cover. After trying two or three time the lens does come out and I am able to take photos.I think the battery is ok as I have managed to download pictures.
What can be causing this ?

[fo3nix]

Check there's no small bits of dust around the lens parts.

[hardy49]

Will do - thanks

[RATTER15]

I think mju 300 is an older camera as I have the mju 400 and that is 3 years old nearly and I think the 300 was its predecessor, so it may be that the battery is getting a little tired, try getting the battery checked or see if you can find someone with the same camera and try their battery.

Aren't they just fantastic cameras though?

[hardy49]

Yes they are brilliant cameras and I hope it is nothing very serious. I guess I will take it to the shop where we bought it.Would a new battery be very expensive ?

[RATTER15]

Look at this battery for your camera: http://www.dc-battery.co.uk/product_info.php/m odels/MJU_300/products_id/397&source=kelkoo

[brachiopod]

I would imagine it would be more likely to be the contacts in the sliding lens cover - my 300 did this when it was only about a year old. Cleaning up the 'running tracks' of the cover solved the problem, though.

[brachiopod]

whoops... premature posting!

I was going to add that my sliding lens cover had become a bit loose, such that I could actually remove it. (I don't recommend that you try and do this, though !)

However, since it did come off, I was able to see the switching mechanism, give it a bit of a clean, and replace the cover - though it did need a slight bending of the running guide on the cover to stop it wobbling and to make it stay on properly.

I haven't had any probems since.

[hardy49]

Thanks to you all