20 Most Recent Panasonic Lumix DMC F3 Digital Camera - Page 6 Questions & Answers

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.

Either of two ways. If you normally download photos by taking the memory card out of your camera and putting it into a card reader, copy the photos from the internal memory to a memory card. See page 81 of the manual: http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/DMCFS15.PDF If you normally download photos by connecting your camera to your computer, remove any memory cards before connecting.

Look at your memory card. SD cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the metal contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card.

The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries. Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo management program such as Picasa ( http://picasa.google.com ).

May be that the original picture is low resolution to allow it to be e-mailed.

Lenspen is a brand name for a pen like cleaning system. It has a soft cone like top, you can use to clean the lens. I think you should go for the smallest version. If you have a small piece of chamois, perhaps you could use that to, but don't press it into the corners using any tool. You could damage the lens. Never use any fluid, because the coating on the front lens can't stand anything else than a drop or rain. Continuing Saga of CES Lenspen

You may download a copy of the manual at https://support.panasonic.co.nz/docstore/DMC-TZ8%20Operating%20Instructions%20(USA).pdf

It may exist but if you can't read Japanese just can't see it try entering the english version into a translator on yoir pc and see what the Japanese translation is