Lens Cap Error (by 3 users)

We had the same problem with our FZ8. My wife had dropped it and it must've knocked the lens barrel sensor out of whack. I searched google and found a suggestion saying this message occurs when the lens barrel is out of alignment. (http://www.fixya.com/support/t186189-some_reason_camera_keeps_comming_up)

With the lens barrel out, I gently pushed the barrel up, down, left, right and put a little pressure in. Somehow, the barrel worked itself into the right position! The camera works perfectly know. Its worth a shot to save $$$. Be gentle!!

I had the same problem too after I dropped the camera on the floor and was really worried that I'd have to buy a new one. The lens barrel wouldn't come out at all. After reading the comments above I poked a pair of tweezers down the side of the barrel and put a bit of pressure on. It seems to have worked, although the camera is a bit noisy now.

Hi I want to know that you guy find the solution of this? My DMC-FZ1 is having same problem

My camera - an FZ5 - just started giving the same error message.
No matter what I did I kept getting the "Remove lens cap and press right arrow button". Talked to Panasonic Support and , although they tried to give me a solution to get by this error, no luck.

They told me to try and get to the Reset menu to reset the parameters back to factory settings. Took awhile to do this since I only had a few seconds between the "Remove ... " screen popping back up but finally got it to reset but ,again, to no avail.

Talked to a service center in Illinois and ,since the camera is 30 days out of the original 1 year warranty, it will cost a flat $161 to repair.

I doubt that I will do this. Since you're problem is the same as mine, it's sounds like a design fault that Panasonic should pay some attention to, rather than simply saying the camera is out of warranty.

If they sell it in your location, then they should service it as well. No need to tell them you bought it in the US, request that they take care of it. I mean, what happens if you bought it through an "unauthorized dealer" and it broke after 3 weeks? Tell them to give you an address to ship it to, and that they should refund you. If the local seller can't help, deal with panasonic international directly.

The only thing to do is try and reset(if there's no special button, just take out the batteries for a few minutes, or do both), to see if it has an effect. Maybe a piece of the lense cap broke inside? or the catches are dirty and confusing the sensor? it's a usefull feature when it works.

It's a great camera, Hope you work it out


Good luck