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Well well well. My Canon A70 is pronounced dead after the

dreaded "E18" struck again during my holiday in Scotland. Strange

thing this time is when i turned on my camera, when the lens opens

there is a LOUD cracking noise (scaring away the wild deer my sister

had spotted while on a forest walk) and a burning smell! This

happened out of the blue! Dosent sound to good! So i am sending it

back to Canon tomorrow, but they seem doubtful that whatever has

caused this will be covered by their warranty! As soon as i said the

error number the customer serviceman said that i had dropped the

camera (which i hadnt) or i had got it wet (kept in a water proof bag

at ALL times apart from when taking photos). Dosent sound to hopeful,

but they said they will see what the engineer thinks. Searching for

this error on Google through up so many other people with the same

problem, mostly USA, no british people. I was wondering if anybody

roughly knew what the engineer could and the cost in the UK or

anywhere else. My camera is still in warranty, but its wheter the

camera is covered even though it just malfunctioned with no prior

warning!

My sister has the Powershot A60 and i am wondering, could this happen

to hers!

Now, looking away from Canon camera, the Minolta Dimage Z3 looks

brilliant!

Advice and experiences please,

Steve