Help! Lens Fog - DPChallenge Forums

07/21/2004 01:48:54 AM · #1

I got a bit of water on my camera today (early afternoon), it is now about 5 hours later, and the inside of the lens in fogged up. What should I do?

Leica 18-56mm f/3.5-5.6 Vario Elmar-T ASPH

07/21/2004 01:51:43 AM · #2

Ack, just tryed popping up the flash, didn't work! Flash fired but didn't pop up. Some of the other buttons don't respond all the time, is it possible that I short circuited something! HELP!

MAK

Leica CL

07/21/2004 01:53:49 AM · #3

Thats a big prob with a fixed lens camera.. if it were mine i would leave it sitting in a warm dark place for a day and hoped it evaporated, but really the best and safest option is to send it off to Sony for a clean up and while you have it there ask them to give it a service too then you will have another bit of warrenty with the repair. I feel for you really I'de die if that happened to me.

Leica 18-56mm f/3.5-5.6 Vario Elmar-T ASPH

07/21/2004 01:59:03 AM · #4

Yeah, I used it in the 5 hours and worked fine, but now...
Is it possible to not send it off and take it too a local place?

MAK

Leica CL

07/21/2004 02:07:43 AM · #5

If there is a local repair place that you can really trust to do it then mabee but Sony electronics tend to be very intricate and fiddley so it would be better to send it there also i think sony will gaurentee their work but a local shop wont be able to give you the same service IMHO. better safe than sorry i think.

Mick

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

07/21/2004 02:09:41 AM · #6

Originally posted by Zoomdak:

Yeah, I used it in the 5 hours and worked fine, but now...
Is it possible to not send it off and take it too a local place?

Microwave on high 4-6 minutes. When it stops popping, it's done. :)

Seriously, you should take it to a Sony authorized repair center. But, don't be surprised if they tell you it's trashed. Water and computers don't mix well.

So, how did you get water in it? Were you wading out to get a good shot of Haystack Rock? :)

Message edited by author 2004-07-21 02:10:48.

07/21/2004 02:16:02 AM · #7

I'm fortunate,
I read the camera instruction book (although I did this before I read it) and opened everything I could and layed it out. The fogged spot (originally about 1/2 the lens size) is now down to 1/10 the lens size.
Getting smaller by the minute. But I don't dare turn it back on til tomorrow.
Actually shooting an creek near my house, had the camera bag open since I just put the camera in. Boot-got-stuck-in-the-mud/trip/clumsy, camera flew out of bag into muddy water. Immediatly picked it out, pulled out a cloth and dryed it as much as I could. I don't think hardly any water got inside the camera. Shallow water, immediate pickup/drying. But I think a bit soaked through, and that is evaporating now.

Just checked: foggy spot: gone. Thank God.

07/21/2004 02:20:21 AM · #8

Originally posted by micknewton:

So, how did you get water in it? Were you wading out to get a good shot of Haystack Rock? :)

Went out and shot sunset afterwords (cleaned and dry), some buttons that were malfunctioning then are working now, and some that weren't working just before I posted this, worked at sunset. Only thing that wasnt' working at sunset was one of the dials and manual/auto focus switch, which both worked here at home. But then flash wasn't popping up here at home, which I think was working down at sunset. But I did get some good shots and uploaded onto the computer. So, it is functional. =)