Kodak Easyshare C330: Lens Error: 14

Just buy a new one.

The cost to repairing almost any point and shoot digtal is usually atleast the cost of buying a new one (if anyone would repair it at all). In any case I would suggest not buying a kodak again they make a pretty poor camera by comparison to other brand in the same price range. There are also cameras that a waterproof up to 6-10 or so with out an extra housing. Pentax makes one, it one of those slim ones optio something or other. That way if it ever happens again your covered.

dont loose heart, my daughters camera said the same thing, just this morning, i typed in troubleshooting, lens error 14 and came accross your post, we recharged the batteries and i put them in this am, at last it came on, then said lens error 14, i pushed on the lens, and then pushed around the outside with my thumb (just cause i was po'd) and then i turned the camera on again, and holy crap if the lens didnt come out of the darn thing! i too thought it was $150 down the drain (almost enough to make me cry) but for whatever reason, it worked...i hope yours will too

Hey guys, thanks for your comments and suggestions. I tried pushing on the lens.. no such luck :( but thanks for your response. I can't really afford a new camera right now, but I'll keep trying :)

no way! i started getting this error last week. i tried taking it apart earlier this week but it is nearly impossible to get to the back of the lens because of all the wires and chips that dont want to come off so i had to put it back together. i was looking for a solution to lens error 14 and lens error 22 and i stumbled upon your post. i couldnt find anything on the whole internet about how to fix this so i got so frustrated that i banged the bottom of the camera really really hard into my fist and tried to turn it on again and still the same old thing.... power comes on, lens pops out half way, and nothing. only this time, it came out half way and then i pulled on it really hard to get it out and what do you know? the dang thing is working. i literally just now fixed it one minute ago. so maybe you should try beating it around and pulling on it. what do you have to lose, your camera already doesnt work and a repair would cost more than what you paid for it.

Thanks for all of your help guys. The other day I was really mad at my camera, so I hit it really hard, and now it works! Thanks for all of your help, I really appreciate it.

I read what happened to each of you, and tried to "hit" my camera to make it work, to no avail. When I would turn on the camera, the lens would barely move out from the body of the camera, but it did move a little. So, finally, I tried something quite simple that worked: I took a sharp knife and VERY CAREFULLY inserted it between the portion of the lens cover that opens and the frame around it. Then, I turned on the camera, and as soon as the lens began to move out of the camera, I helped it along by pulling out on the lens with the knife. It popped out as normal and has worked since. Also, the "Lens error 14" message on the display went away.

I teach and the C330 was working one period and not the next. Read this forum and there was a response that said to push in the lens. I did that, heard a light click and now it works again. If it continues, I will put a VERY light film of lubricant on it as a last resort to throwing it away and buying a new one.

i'd been having the same problem whenever i tried turning on my camera, it said either lens error 14 or lens error 22 i searched on here and was just about to consider buying a new one since i had been going two months w/ out a working camera. then i saw this, and tryed pushing on the lens and hitting it & it worked! thank you =]