Dirt inside the SL2 EVF

[PCooley]

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I just bought a used SL2, appears to be in very good condition, except there is what appears to be a dead bug visible through the EVF.  The mark does not show up in photos, nor if I take a pic of a white background out of focus at F22.  Only in the EVF.  There is no apparent dirt on the outside objective of the EVF.  Is it possible to dissemble the EVF to clean it?

[frame-it]

3 hours ago, PCooley said:

I just bought a used SL2, appears to be in very good condition, except there is what appears to be a dead bug visible through the EVF.  The mark does not show up in photos, nor if I take a pic of a white background out of focus at F22.  Only in the EVF.  There is no apparent dirt on the outside objective of the EVF.  Is it possible to dissemble the EVF to clean it?

send it to leica

[PCooley]

6 hours ago, frame-it said:

send it to leica

Do you know if Leica will cover this under warranty?  Camera was purchased new last December.

 

[frame-it]

17 minutes ago, PCooley said:

Do you know if Leica will cover this under warranty?  Camera was purchased new last December.

 

email them and check

[jaapv]

Whether covered or not, it is the only place where you can get this done.

[hoolyproductions]

Hi. There is a thread about this from about a year ago. Mine was fine when it arrived but a big speck of dust appeared in the EVF about a week later. By the time I got it organised to send back to my dealer it had fallen out of sight. Re-appeared a bit later only to disappear again, hasn’t been an issue sense. I remember that a couple of other forum users did return their cameras to get cleaned so were presumably not so lucky 

[PCooley]

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51 minutes ago, hoolyproductions said:

Hi. There is a thread about this from about a year ago. Mine was fine when it arrived but a big speck of dust appeared in the EVF about a week later. By the time I got it organised to send back to my dealer it had fallen out of sight. Re-appeared a bit later only to disappear again, hasn’t been an issue sense. I remember that a couple of other forum users did return their cameras to get cleaned so were presumably not so lucky 

Thank you, I tried to find a discussion on this topic, but when I use the search function it searches all camera systems, all lenses etc and so returns so many inapplicable results that I couldn't find it.

[ravinj]

Leica NJ cleaned my Q2s EVF dust specks under warranty. It took 2 weeks.

Edited July 20, 2022 by ravinj

[hoolyproductions]

On 7/19/2022 at 7:03 PM, PCooley said:

Thank you, I tried to find a discussion on this topic, but when I use the search function it searches all camera systems, all lenses etc and so returns so many inapplicable results that I couldn't find it.

Hi, just saw this now - the thread is here (but probably no new information compared to this thread now )

 

 

 

Edited August 3, 2022 by hoolyproductions