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Lens error in S3IS

Whe I start my camera, it tries to move lens forward and backwards but fails and gives message "Lence Error" on the display and shuts off.

I have shown it to Servece center and they dignosed it as Optical Unit stepper motor problem.

Can anybody help me getting this part or the cost of the part and place where I can order it?

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This is probably THE single most common failure among digital cameras. There's a halfway chance of fixing it yourself, described here: http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/12/fixing-lens-error-on-digital-camera.html

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