My Canon A75: E8 error
I bought this compact camera late in 2005, so i’m probably fortunate that it has lasted till now reading complaints of the similar failure of other peoples cameras.
I bought this camera for around 100 pounds from E-Buyer. The Powershots allow quite a lot of choice of settings compared to other compact cameras. I’ve had quite good use of it, and it’s been resistant to my mishandling. I damaged the closing mechanism to protect the lens by carrying the camera in a pocket whilst cycling soon after I bought it, but fixed that using some tweezers. I’ve probably dropped it a few times and it has survived being carried in various bags, although the outer is actually in pretty good condition, not many scratches.
Anyway after taking some pictures recently the camera just packed up working. This seems to be associated with the camera running out of battery whilst retracting the lens, although I have probably done this many times since buying the camera.
Searching the internet for “e18 canon powershot” I found this is a common error in many Canon cameras.
This is what my camera looks like now:
I currently have the camera sat on my desk with no battery in, hoping it’s going to forget about this error and start working again. Otherwise it looks like i’m in the market for a new compact camera.
This was the last picture I took: 
