Canon powershot A510 digital camera?

i own a canon powershot A510 and i have never had any problems with it at all but all of a sudden it just wont turn on the lens is stuck out half way and it has new batteries in it and the light at the top will just flicker for a few seconds and then just do nothing no light on the screen comes on either

I have the same camera, keep pressing the on/off
button... eventually it will go back in and then notice that
part of the black lens cover is missing. (bottom corner/top corner)

Good Luck...

try and clean contacts of battery and camera and try again.

I have a sony digital camera and had a similar problem. If you have used this battery before to power the camera then it is a different problem. But often it happens that the battery is not powerful enough to power up the camera because a camera needs a lot of power when turning on. You can try to use a different set of battery or try using powerful alkaline batteries.

it seems like it needs repair
contact canon and see how much