LAst night as I was taking some pics, I set my camera down on the floor. I had just pushed the button to turn it off, which typically causes the lense to retract (It's a Pentax Optio). I looked over and the lense was still out. I picked it up and pushed the on button and it made a grinding noise as if the gears that move the lense in and out was broken. To make a long story short, my camera, MY BABY that I saved and scrimped to buy and just payed off in November went tits up on me! I'm going to take it back to the place I bought it and see if they can exchange it, but I don't hold much hope! So, I won't be posting much online for a while!

Wish me luck!