I have a DMC tz 20 All photos have lines through it I have looked at the settings cleaned the lense. Please help

Try another lens,or set the camera to shoot without lens.This could help you narrow down if it's the lens or the camera.

Have you tried going into the set-up menu and activating "reset"?

All lenses have dust inside them. As long as the pictures are not affected, don't worry about it.

Hi,

You can view, download and print the instruction manual for DMC-TZ20 in PDF format by clicking this link.

On the page which opens, click on the "Download" button to download and save the manual.

Please note: Adobe PDF Reader is required to view this manual. Download Adobe Reader

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Sounds like your screen is cracked.

Yes, the camera has PictBridge capability.

From the Setup menu select "USB". Make sure the camera is set to PictBridge instead of PC. For further details, please refer to the section "Printing the Pictures" in the manual. If you need a manual, you can download one from the manufacturer's web site at http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/support/Cameras-Camcorders/Digital-Cameras/Lumix-Digital-Cameras/Operating-Instructions/model.DMC-TZ1K.O

TZ stands for Travel Zoom, which is code for Outside View shots. The TZ is supper in good light, not so much in lower light.

In side shots need to be with 8 feet of subject so the flash can reach. Use ISO and IS mode 2 settings, especially IS(Image Stabilization) on zoomed shots where ANY camera movement becomes amplified by the ZOOM.

Lastly, camera movement and/or subject movement will add blur to a shot. Squeeze off shot, don't push it off. Try to brace your camera against another object when possible, or hold you elbows against your sides when you can't. Treat taking a pic shot like you were taking a rifle shot. Stabilize yourself when possible and gradually squeeze off the shot when possible.

When low light cannot be avoided, try the night shot setting, which will keep the shutter open longer to gather more light, but will be much more venerable to camea movement at the same time.

Sell it to a repairman on ebay and buy a good used, refurb or new replacement. I would ugrade to at least the wide angle 6Meg TZ3. The TZ5 is the newest TZ line.

Great cameras. I have the TZ3 and have never looked back.

Pics are about 2 per second. If action is fast, like downhill snowboarding, then may not be fast enough for you. Use MOVie mode at 640 by 480. Not bad.

For a factory reset:
Turn on the camera, push the menu button, push left, down and then right.

You are now on SETUP menu.

Scroll up to the RESET option, push right and then answer YES two times.