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Yesterday my SD300 gave me the E18 error after about 2 years of service. I wasn’t using the case that day and when I turned it on then switched to capture mode, I heard the motor tighten up the gear assembly in an attempt to open the lens. I tried pulling on the lens while powering on without success. The following are photos and comments of my efforts to correct the problem. If all else fails, you should first try to manually move the lens assembly by rotating the position sensor disc shown at A of figure 1. To expose this part of the camera remove the plate on the side of the camera, remove all other exposed screws. Remove the back and front cases. Leave the battery in so you can test if you were successful. If the lens assembly still does not move you may choose to pull apart the gears and move the lens manually, from a different position. In my case I did this step first but when I rebuilt the camera it still failed. Only after doing what I first described did the camera work again. I figure this means the sticking gear was very near the motor rather than within the sliding lens assembly. Make sure the memory card is out of the camera. You can’t remove the top board if it’s inserted. You must remove the top board in order to remove the LCD so that you can unplug the flash assembly to expose the gears. (I have a feeling that may not be necessary to remove the LCD to pull the flash out; look for shortcuts here.). The other connectors are opened by lifting the front edge of the connector which is like a flap covering the width of the connector. The connector at B snaps straight up and down. I pried mine off with a small screw driver.
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