Panasonic stuck in MF (no switch on lens, and camera switch does nothing)

Worth to try Tom's no battery for a minute to clear the cache suggestion.

Also, have you tried to tap on the AF icon in LCD to see would one time AF been performed? If yes, likely your lenses, the contacts and AF system are ok. I might suspect the AF/MF lever machanical problem.

I'm wondering if there might be a communication error between the lens and the camera.

When you take an image (using any of the three Panasonic lenses), does the name of the lens show in the EXIF information? When you take two images using different apertures, of different focal lengths (using either of the zoom lenses), do the different values show in the EXIF?

Do your camera and lenses use the latest firmware?

Daniel_DPREVIEW wrote:

Thank you for the advice on what to check. I have already updated all lenses and camera.

I took a few shots from different lenses changing aperture as suggested, I then checked the EXIF and Maker Notes data and can confirm all data is correct, lens name is displaying correctly along with settings.

The one setting the is not displaying correct is FocusMode, which is showing as manual even though switch was set to AFC for these pictures.

If the behavior of the camera is consistent with it switched to MF on the physical switch, then unfortunately I would say it is most likely a defective AF switch. Have you tried toggling that switch back and forth as per previous suggestions?

Unlike other cameras without such a switch, it is no possible to override it in software.

It means that the shutter button cannot do AF?

What is your shutter AF setting. Had you ever tried to set up for BBF such that had Shutter AF set to OFF without setting it back?