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TG-2 Review

Started May 5, 2013 | User reviews thread
Boofhead
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Re: Reasons for fogging
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Boy, I've certainly opened up a can of worms. To JEFFTAN I've not had many failures to focus in low light on the TG-2, but I have had some on the 820. I think it's normal for some focus misses in low light, you need to either focus on areas of changing contrast or pre-focus on a subject at a similar distance (of course light levels have to be the same to get correct exposure so you might as well stay with what you were trying to capture in the first place). To AYCL Taking underwater shots so far here in Perth I have not had any fogging of lens/lcd. But I think it's important to note that the temperature here is nothing like that in Thailand where I was using my first TG-2. It's been mentioned several time about the "anti-fog coating on FT5 lens". I think this coating is on the outside of the lens the same that is on the TG-2 to stop water droplets forming on the lens when it's taken out of the water. Re my first TG-2 fogging, I read somewhere (don't you hate it when you can't remember where you read it) that the battery heats up when the camera is used and this can raise the internal temperature of the camera which can lead to temperature differences between the inside and the outside of the camera, thus condensation forming inside. If I get this problem again on my TG-2 I'm going to give it to the kids to play with and I'll go back to the 820 (never had any fogging probs). Thanks all

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