Re: water condensation on camera sensor

Posted by Edite Figueiras on
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Thank you all for your help!

I already contacted Andor but while waiting for their reply I wanted to
check this with you.
Indeed I searched for similar topics in the list server but I did not find
the previous discussions (due to my bad choice of keywords, now I found
them).

Thank you again for your help and stay safe!

On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 at 13:54, Cammer, Michael <
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> Sorry to hear you have this problem. This exact question has reoccurred on
> this list over the years.  This happened to our Zyla 5.5 and other people
> have reported similar.  If the seal breaks, water condenses on the chip or
> inside front plate when the cooling is on.  Andor can fix this, but they
> may charge you.
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> Dear All,
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> I wonder if anybody in the list had the same/similar issue we have in the
> lab.
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> We have water condensation on the camera sensor (Andor Zyla camera) when we
> turn on. It disappears when we turn off the camera.
> The camera is attached to a lens as shown here:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aZLiSj4wI7xEzDaSsrVewVajyYMqtUcu/view?usp=sharing
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> This is how it looks in the image:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F6NUd4X6VmbCy77GhrppxMGXZlKFDjqA/view?usp=sharing
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> Do you have suggestions on how to fix this?
>
> Thank you for your help!
> Best wishes,
> Edite
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