Lens wont stay open - Kodak EasyShare M863 Digital Camera

Get it repaired by a professional

It is possible that there can be few reasons for the fault siad:
1.the lamp can be faulty
2. the filter can be clogged.
3. the lens cap trigger switch can be faulty and staying on
4.The power supply can be faulty, not delivering the power but shuts off.
5,the main processor board can be faulty witth errors.
It might need board swapping to confirm.

Saw a similar problem recently, same cause, and result was the lens was jammed.

Did manage to wiggle it free after many attempts...it only stays on for a few seconds before faulting and going off...but it's a bit hard to get a hold on the edge of the lens to pop-out the low side.

Started by laying it on it's back and checking the level of the lens edges for the low spot, then used a thick sewing needle to lift up while turning the unit on (again and again) until the gear-ring popped back in during the lens-check at start-up.

Clean the lens, it sounds like it is dirty.

You can buy a lens cleaner, they look like a cd with brushes on it.

My preferred method is to use a can of compressed air and blow all the dust off the lens. You can use one of the extensions that fits onto the can to reach the lens. First you need to open the tray and pull the power while it is open so it stays open. The lens is below the tray, but inside the console. The **** in bottom of tray allows you to reach the lens.

FOLLOW this procidure open the camera then rotate the lens and set it like it was before

see this site -- may help - but follow carefully
http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/12/fixing-lens-error-on-digital-camera.html

the same thing happend to me just now... you have to wiggle the lens untill it goes into place then it should retract when you turn it on. :]

I need to remove front cover and look for an obstruction or possible substance spilled or splashed in camera. N/C for estimates! www.flcamerarepair.com Art Schneider (40 years exp.)

helppppppppppppppp mne is stuck open and it wrks but whn iturn it off it stays open (1/2 of it)

I had exactly the same problem. Lens stayed open, when powered on you get three beeps and nothing. I found when I pulled the lens out a little harder it gave a little click. When I powered on it worked perfectly.