MY OLYMPUS U-7030 - THE LENS DOES NOT CLOSE WHEN TURNED OFF. THE PICTURE THROUGH THE LENS IS BLURRED AND THE SHUTS DOWN WHEN THE ZOOM OPTION IS USED.

The optical zoom will not work while recording video with sound. To use the optical zoom, turn the sound off. See pages 16 and 33 of this manual.

If the rechargeable battery is more than 3 - 4 years old then the battery could be worn out.Rechargeable batteries have a finite number of charge and discharge cycles andwill lose their charge capacity over time, i.e. won't charge to 100% andgradually the charge reduces until the battery won't charge up at all. OR Thebattery shows a 100% charge but when the adapter is disconnected the batterydrops off to zero capacity in a very short time. If the battery drops to anunacceptable charge level then the battery needs to be replaced.

You have two choices: take advantage of the warranty or this:

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try to take a picture with 1/100 shutter speed and make sure that your hand is not shaking when taking pictures. another is try to take picture with your current setting and set your camera on a tripod or place it on a table, set the timer and take picture. if the picture is not blurred then always set your camera to auto, if this doesn't resolved the issue maybe your lens has a problem.

your camera lens may be stuck in the barrel.

To save battery power, the camera automatically goes into sleep mode and the monitor turns off if there is no operation when the camera is turned on (when the lens cover opens and the monitor is on). No picture is taken even if the shutter button is fully pressed in this mode.
Operate the zoom lever or other buttons to restore the camera from sleep mode before taking a picture. If the camera is left for 15 minutes, it automatically turns off (the lens cover closes and the monitor turns off). Press POWER to turn the camera on.

When operating any digital camera, the camera tries to capture the best focus and exposure for that particular scene. By pressing the shutter button half-way down, the focus and exposure is being set. There will be a green circle on the upper left hand corner of the screen, then your camera is ready to take the picture. Slowly depress the shutter the rest of the way down to take the picture.

It is repairable. First, check to see if it is still under warranty, (I'm pretty sure Olympus's warranty is one year) or if you purchased an additional coverage, even better. If this is the case, call it in. If not, it will not be worth the $ to repair. Unfortunately it cost as much or close to the price of a new camera to repair them and typically is not worth it. If you want to check around though, you can call some camera stores (Wolf Camera is a good choice if you have one locally). Hope this helps!

This could be a firmware problem Tell Olympus Tech support team

hi, really surprising, how could you fix the problem, it will be fixed only by replacing the lens assy. so just go to olympus shop. good luck....