Camera will not turn on

Try taking out your batteries and then taking out your memory card. Put back in batteries. Turn on camera.

If this works, just put back in your memory card and try again. Sometimes the memory card hangs and you need to pop it in and out.

try taking the batteries out and cleaning the ends of them off with a cloth...then blow inside the camera where the batteries go. I did this with mine and the thing turned right back on !

This could be any of hundreds of different faults so I'll give you the ones you can check yourself.

One or more of your batteries are faulty.

The battery contacts are dirty.

The batteries are inserted wrongly.

You have a problem with the lens mechanism.

Shake camera and listen for anything rattling around. If metal it could short anything out.

Check your troubleshooting chart in your user's manual.

Google for "Panasonic Lumix LZ2 problems"

Is the power switch feeling as if it's actually switching.

Has the camera been dropped or given swimming lessons.

Check all your switches to make sure nothing is disabled.

Apart from these it's impossible to say what's wrong. A trip to a repair shop may be in order.

Mike, this is an issue with the DC converter in the camera which converts the batteries voltage into several regulated supplies for use by the camera. Return the camera the Sony Laredo and let them know what it is doing, some of these repairs are being done under warranty concession if you raise your voice a bit. Good luck with this.

Joe Weibel
Custom Electronics
(customelectronics.org)

Often when something like this happens (as in my case)the camera was working fine, then it wasn't. Here's what I did.

It seemed as though my original battery (almost 4 years old) was the cause. I charged it, but the camera would not activate. I ordered a new battery and fully charged it. To my dismay still not working. So, I fooled around a bit. Holding the camera in front of you with 'KONICA' to your left. Now, open the lens cover from the right bottom, pressing just as bit as you open it. This is all it took for me. It came to life, I got the blue light and the lens deployed and the camera is working just fine. Who knows, maybe a 'widgit' inside was a tiny bit sticky..

I got this camera new last week and have the same problem. The camera works ok with 50% charged batteries but when i installa new batteries, the camera just wont turn on. It looks like if new batteries put too much voltage. Any aditional suggestion?

I have same problem(not the batteries or memory stick or any of the above) I would get another camera.