I'm having trouble getting my canon camera to focus? Trouble with the lens.?

Question

I have a canon powershot sd 1000. I took it to the beach and it got a little wet from my hands & wouldn't turn on. (I know now i made the mistake of turning it on while it was slightly wet) I immediately ran back up to my friends house and blew dry it(off) for awhile. The blow dryer was on a cool setting. I let it sit for a couple of hours and blew dry it more, and it worked fine after that! I used it for a week or so and then when i turned it on it said lens error restart, i did. I had to do it a couple of times until it actually worked.(The lens makes a little grinding noise whenever it goes in or out)

It turns on fine, the screen isnt broken and i can take pictures HOWEVER all of the pictures are extremely blurry. They are blurry before and after i take them. I know that its not on macro and on all of my usual settings, can anyone tell me what to do?!

It's less then a year old, only a couple of months actually, but i'm going away and i'd like to have it while i'm vacation.

Answer 1

I doubt very much that wet hands caused the problem however, there has been a recall by Canon on the sd1000 for various ailments. I suggest you type powershot sd1000 recalls into a search and read about the problems others have had and take it from there.

Answer 2

Perhaps you got water on the lens? Dried water on the glass would cause things to be blurry.