Camera lens just made a grinding noise

[kmacri]

Hi all,

My lens on my Samsung camera just made a grinding sound and it won't open.
I turned it on and quickly went to zoom and I heard a grind, now it's just pitch black.  I try to turn it on and off and I hear a little noise coming from my lens (like a whir for 0.01ms) and then nothing.  The LCD screen works so I'm guessing I just trashed this thing.

Yes?

It's about 5 years old now.

[MakeBelieve]

Hi all,

My lens on my Samsung camera just made a grinding sound and it won't open.
I turned it on and quickly went to zoom and I heard a grind, now it's just pitch black.  I try to turn it on and off and I hear a little noise coming from my lens (like a whir for 0.01ms) and then nothing.  The LCD screen works so I'm guessing I just trashed this thing.

Yes?

It's about 5 years old now.

Are you sure there wasn't anything in there for example sand? I would suggest taking it to get fixed it will cost you but it's worth having it looked at as it would cost you more to get a new one.

[kmacri]

Hi all,

My lens on my Samsung camera just made a grinding sound and it won't open.
I turned it on and quickly went to zoom and I heard a grind, now it's just pitch black.  I try to turn it on and off and I hear a little noise coming from my lens (like a whir for 0.01ms) and then nothing.  The LCD screen works so I'm guessing I just trashed this thing.

Yes?

It's about 5 years old now.

Are you sure there wasn't anything in there for example sand? I would suggest taking it to get fixed it will cost you but it's worth having it looked at as it would cost you more to get a new one.

Well... I don't live particularly close to any beaches, so no, not sand.
Damnit!
I might as well just sell a BTC and buy a DSLR, I'm thinking.

[EvilPanda]

I had the same problem with my old camera.
The lens is moved by an electric motor and gears.
It should look similar to this:


One of the gears got damaged (grinding sound) and now you can only hear the motor running.

You have to decide if it's worth repairing.

[E.exchanger]

try moving the lens left right lightly when at the same time trying to zoom  now slowly start pulling it up note: you don't have to actually pull it up just put a bit of force there, It worked for me so all i can say is that good luck with yours !!!!