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Brand New TG6 Screen Foggy After 15 Min. Use (dry)

Started Jul 17, 2020 | Discussions thread
OP SaraPia Forum Member • Posts: 53
Re: Brand New TG6 Screen Foggy After 15 Min. Use (dry)
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embie wrote:

Hi,

If replacement is canceled, which I hope it's not, then I would :

Contact Olympus and ask for a replacement there.

If that's also denied than...

Check the screen for cracks or possible openings on the sides.

Open all camera doors and remove battery and sd card, put the camera in a box with a water absorbent, eg. silica gel kernels or other materials...even dry rice, for the latter...wrap the camera in a dry cloth, put in on a layer of rice and cover it completely with rice, close the box and keep it for 1 week.

When reopened, inspect all rubber gaskets inside the two camera openings for damaged.

If no damage is noticed, replace the battery ans sd card and...try it out.

PS : are you sure you closed the door(s) tied AND locked the safetylock ?

Success,

eMBie

Thanks for commenting. B&H  will replace. Yes, everything was closed and locked. Hopefully this was a fluke and the replacement will work fine. I don't know what I was thinking. I didn't have great luck with the TG4. Seems for the amount I used it, it needed servicing two years in a row. I had the seals replaced last summer (2019), barely used the thing, and right off the bat this summer, the lens and rear screen fogged when using in the water. I was hoping - and had read - that the TG6 would be an improvement. It's a shame because it really is a nice little camera for simple carry-around. Maybe it's me, but I've been around cameras for around 50 years now and I thought I knew what I was doing.

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