Lymping Olympus

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My Olympus D-580 Zoom is lymping. After 8 months of good
picture-taking, it has developed a line across the picture. Not
completely across, but about 3/4 of the picture and it starts/ends with
good pixels.

This line is 2 pixels wide and affects the 2 lines of pixels above and
below. Toward each end, the pixels begin to resolve into good data.

The only thing that's different between today and the pictures I took a
week ago would be the fact that I left the camera in the glove
compartment and we had about 4 nights of temperatures into the 20's,
one night down as low as 20. Is it possible that I have ruined my
camera by having done this?

I have other memory cards, so I swapped one in (all of my xD memory
cards were in the glove compartment as well), then put in fresh
batteries for good measure. No difference. I also ran "pixel mapping"
and it didn't indicate any problem.

Will someone who's up on this kind of problem please share your
thoughts with me?

Thanks.

 

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Just in case anyone is not able to visualize the problem I'm having
with my Olympus D-580 Zoom, I have posted a picture in the following
group.

alt.binaries.test
Subject: - unwanted_line.jpg (1/1) for another group

The red line indicates the problem area

Three inserts show sections (middle, near the end, end) of the unwanted
line.

TIA for any help in this regard. There's probably some trick for
dealing with this problem like putting it in a hot oven for 15 minutes,
reversing the batteries, throwing it against the wall... whatever. Or
is it trash? I could probably give it to some kid who'd be happy to
ignore the problem...

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In article <180120051859386520%o-limp-us@us-limp-o.com>, o-limp-us
<o-limp-us@us-limp-o.com> wrote:

> My Olympus D-580 Zoom is lymping. After 8 months of good
> picture-taking, it has developed a line across the picture. Not
> completely across, but about 3/4 of the picture and it starts/ends with
> good pixels.
>
> This line is 2 pixels wide and affects the 2 lines of pixels above and
> below. Toward each end, the pixels begin to resolve into good data.
>
> The only thing that's different between today and the pictures I took a
> week ago would be the fact that I left the camera in the glove
> compartment and we had about 4 nights of temperatures into the 20's,
> one night down as low as 20. Is it possible that I have ruined my
> camera by having done this?
>
> I have other memory cards, so I swapped one in (all of my xD memory
> cards were in the glove compartment as well), then put in fresh
> batteries for good measure. No difference. I also ran "pixel mapping"
> and it didn't indicate any problem.
>
> Will someone who's up on this kind of problem please share your
> thoughts with me?
>
> Thanks.

 

[Marvin]

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o-limp-us wrote:
> My Olympus D-580 Zoom is lymping. After 8 months of good
> picture-taking, it has developed a line across the picture. Not
> completely across, but about 3/4 of the picture and it starts/ends with
> good pixels.
>
> This line is 2 pixels wide and affects the 2 lines of pixels above and
> below. Toward each end, the pixels begin to resolve into good data.
>
> The only thing that's different between today and the pictures I took a
> week ago would be the fact that I left the camera in the glove
> compartment and we had about 4 nights of temperatures into the 20's,
> one night down as low as 20. Is it possible that I have ruined my
> camera by having done this?
>
> I have other memory cards, so I swapped one in (all of my xD memory
> cards were in the glove compartment as well), then put in fresh
> batteries for good measure. No difference. I also ran "pixel mapping"
> and it didn't indicate any problem.
>
> Will someone who's up on this kind of problem please share your
> thoughts with me?
>
> Thanks.

If you brought the cold camera indoors, there may have been water condensation on the sensor or the electronics. Open up the
back compartments on the camera and leave it to dry for a day or two. That may solve the problem, and won't do any harm.

 

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In article <10utcqn1tk447e0@corp.supernews.com>, Marvin
<physchemNOSPAM@cloud9.net> wrote:

> If you brought the cold camera indoors, there may have been water
> condensation on the sensor or the electronics. Open up the
> back compartments on the camera and leave it to dry for a day or two.
> That may solve the problem, and won't do any harm.

Marvin:

Thank you for that advice. I can't open the camera because I don't
have a screwdriver so tiny as the screws, so maybe I'll put it near a
heater and see if that works. If not, then I'll take it to a camera
shop to have it opened and maybe placed into a plastic bag with some
dessicant (?).

Best wishes.

 

[Marvin]

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o-limp-us wrote:
> In article <10utcqn1tk447e0@corp.supernews.com>, Marvin
> <physchemNOSPAM@cloud9.net> wrote:
>
>
>>If you brought the cold camera indoors, there may have been water
>>condensation on the sensor or the electronics. Open up the
>>back compartments on the camera and leave it to dry for a day or two.
>>That may solve the problem, and won't do any harm.
>
>
> Marvin:
>
> Thank you for that advice. I can't open the camera because I don't
> have a screwdriver so tiny as the screws, so maybe I'll put it near a
> heater and see if that works. If not, then I'll take it to a camera
> shop to have it opened and maybe placed into a plastic bag with some
> dessicant (?).
>
> Best wishes.

I didn't mean to suggest that you take apart the camera. Most digicams have two hatches; one is to insert/remove a memory
card, and the other is to plug in a cord to connect to a computer, and sometimes other functions. Just open those. If
moisture got into the camera withouut diassembly, it may find its way out over time. Gentle heating won't hurt, but keep it
gentle. No cooking allowed. Removing the lens of an SLR helps, too.

 

[Guest]

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In article <10uvsa1a3uuqea1@corp.supernews.com>, Marvin
<physchemNOSPAM@cloud9.net> wrote:

> I didn't mean to suggest that you take apart the camera. Most digicams have
> two hatches; one is to insert/remove a memory
> card, and the other is to plug in a cord to connect to a computer, and
> sometimes other functions. Just open those. If
> moisture got into the camera withouut diassembly, it may find its way out
> over time. Gentle heating won't hurt, but keep it
> gentle. No cooking allowed. Removing the lens of an SLR helps, too.

Okay, I'm working on it. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

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In article <10utcqn1tk447e0@corp.supernews.com>, Marvin
<physchemNOSPAM@cloud9.net> wrote:

> If you brought the cold camera indoors, there may have been water
> condensation on the sensor or the electronics. Open up the
> back compartments on the camera and leave it to dry for a day or
> two. That may solve the problem, and won't do any harm.

Marvin:

It worked! One night with the batteries out (opened up the interior),
close to the heater (camera just barely warm to the touch), and the
problem has disappeared.

It appears that I owe you a great debt of gratitude. I probably won't
be able to compensate you directly, so I'll make a special effort to
help someone else in return, if that's okay with you. Doubles your
good dead.

Signing off now. Best wishes.

Lymping No More.

 

[Marvin]

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o-limp-us wrote:
> In article <10utcqn1tk447e0@corp.supernews.com>, Marvin
> <physchemNOSPAM@cloud9.net> wrote:
>
>
>>If you brought the cold camera indoors, there may have been water
>>condensation on the sensor or the electronics. Open up the
>>back compartments on the camera and leave it to dry for a day or
>>two. That may solve the problem, and won't do any harm.
>
>
> Marvin:
>
> It worked! One night with the batteries out (opened up the interior),
> close to the heater (camera just barely warm to the touch), and the
> problem has disappeared.
>
> It appears that I owe you a great debt of gratitude. I probably won't
> be able to compensate you directly, so I'll make a special effort to
> help someone else in return, if that's okay with you. Doubles your
> good dead.
>
> Signing off now. Best wishes.
>
> Lymping No More.
I only know this fix because I've read it here. The collective wisdom on these NGs is great, despite there being also some
total nonsense.

 

[Ron]

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Good exchange. It's nice to see that the victim wasn't accused of
stupidity somewhere along the line, as is so often the case. And it's
great to see the camera working again.

Marvin wrote:

> o-limp-us wrote:
>
>> In article <10utcqn1tk447e0@corp.supernews.com>, Marvin
>> <physchemNOSPAM@cloud9.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> If you brought the cold camera indoors, there may have been water
>>> condensation on the sensor or the electronics. Open up the back
>>> compartments on the camera and leave it to dry for a day or two.
>>> That may solve the problem, and won't do any harm.
>>
>>
>>
>> Marvin:
>>
>> It worked! One night with the batteries out (opened up the interior),
>> close to the heater (camera just barely warm to the touch), and the
>> problem has disappeared.
>>
>> It appears that I owe you a great debt of gratitude. I probably won't
>> be able to compensate you directly, so I'll make a special effort to
>> help someone else in return, if that's okay with you. Doubles your
>> good dead.
>>
>> Signing off now. Best wishes.
>>
>> Lymping No More.
>
> I only know this fix because I've read it here. The collective wisdom
> on these NGs is great, despite there being also some total nonsense.