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14 June 2022 • by Bob • Photography, DIY
I just ran into a weird issue with a somewhat easy resolution that I thought I'd share:
One of my "fun" cameras is a Ricoh Theta V 360 camera, which is what I used to create several 360-degree images that I took at the Grand Canyon recently. However, when I looked at my images from that trip, there was a light shadow in each of the final images.
Upon inspecting the camera, there was a tiny scratch on the surface of the lens. I'm not sure how that happened, but any images in the future would have had similar shadows. A quick scan of eBay yielded a replacement lens for around $40, and the following video provided the instructions for swapping the new lens for the old.
Since the video has all the images you need to see, I didn't bother to take any photos, but I thought that I'd share a few notes about the steps involved:
That's about it. Long story short, after 20 minutes of relatively easy labor, my camera is back up and working.
FYI: If you'd like to see the full 360-degree Grand Canyon image, you can click here.