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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NoSpringChicken" data-source="post: 1729260" data-attributes="member: 53267">Oh dear. A bit of a sticky problem you have there Mike. At least you have somebody other than yourself to blame. That gives you the chance to be horribly forgiving and understanding about it. I guess blackcurrant juice is off the shopping list for the time being? Presumably this is just that type of accident that we take out insurance cover for. I imagine you will be covered but you never know with insurance companies.As an update on my own pathetic saga, I took the camera to Norfolk Camera Centre in Dereham, Norfolk. They were very optimistic at first that it could be cleaned without any problems and sent me away for an hour. When I returned, though, they informed me that I had indeed marked the base of the prism, which is plastic, not glass, and that they couldn't improve it. They could repair it with new prism parts and about £40 labour but we both agreed it wasn't worth it. They refused to take any payment for their time as they hadn't improved it! I can't recommend them highly enough.It doesn't affect the operation of the camera at all so I am keeping it as a spare at the moment and have purchased a new Olympus E-30 as a replacement. I have no intention of messing about inside this one! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Ron</blockquote>

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