I wasted a week and a roll of film before I figured out what that "E" meant. I then spent an hour in my walk in closet seeing if I could make it work. I found out you must have the film between the two orange lines. I also usually have to open and close the camera cover 3-6 times before the tooth on the film winder catches the film. This is the only bad thing I have to say about this camera. Once I figured that out it's been smooth sailing. Sometimes I also have to bend the film to help it catch the tooth.

My camera also fires the flash every time it is switched from "on" to "standby". I assumed this is normal.