Firstly I must appologise for not following up on my original post. I must hold up my hands and admit to accidently deleting my bookmarks and loosing this really useful forum. These things happen I guess.

It seems my problem was a combination of dead battery, a broken battery clip and a (then) sense of panic that my beloved camera wasn't working properly! It was easily resolved by replacing the battery, finding that the clip was dodgy and fixing it. Nice and simple in the end.

So many thanks to eveyone who posted their help!

Hya,

Just got my Optio S and now having problems with it. Can anyone please help me?

I don't know what I did to it, but now the lenses are perminantly out even when it is switched off. I thought it may have been due to the battery dying but it seems I am wrong. Pressing the start button causes it to beep (as if starting up) and instantly switch off not even getting to the startup screen, leaving the lenses stuck out.

I'm really at a loss as to what I've managed to do here. If there is any kind of solution I could do myself I would be most grateful for any advice.

Many thanks!