Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ5 product page: <http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wc...rogram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702> Part and Accessories page: <http://www.pasc.panasonic.com/Epartr/PartslistChoice.asp?> The Panasonic lens cap with attachment string can be ordered from the Parts and Accessories page above for $9.11 (with free shipping if you join Club Panasonic). I've found that standard 49 mm lens caps can work, depending on how the gripping teeth are designed -- some don't do a very good job of gripping the FZ5 barrel -- plus a Sima Cap Keeper to guard against losing the lens cap.
How to look like a Dork in one easy lesson. Have a lens cap hanging on a piece of string, from the front of your camera. Roy G
Non-dorks take note. It's better to see you have a lens cap than trying to find it later only to discover it's fallen out of your pocket somewhere