Focus

Wahey!!!! wwwweagle you are an absolute star! I "hit" my dimage exactly as you said and hey presto I now have a useable camera again.

Thank you very much.

hi,
I recently asked in my local jessops(uk) about this problem. They told me it was a sensor problem. They agreed it was a shame that, the cost to sort it out would be far from cost effective. Wether this was a sales pitch, i dont know! I am still holding on just in case a simpler & cheaper solution turns up!!

I tried following methods and it solved my problem.
Turn OFF the camera, and pat the camera case (those metal parts) with your fingers with a bit of strength on each and every direction for several times while pointing your lens to different directions as well. Turn on again and it might work, if not, use some more strength (if you really can't use it now things could hardly be worse anyway...but avoid the LCD and those buttons). It looked that such problem was caused by some stuck focusing mechanism, at least in my case, and a bit of shock "resets" those lens to the original position, and we are happy.

Just tried bidding (unsuccessful) for a Dimage on ebay after dropping my F100 (much loved) yesterday. Would not focus as above.

Quoted £87 to repair it.

Strategic whacking has solved it.

Thanks for the solution. Hitting works.

Thank you wwweagle you're a star and probably a genius. Pity I've just bought a new lumix. Should have gone to Google!