First time in this forum. Hi all. Got a new Kodak Z612. Sometimes the flash hood will not reset to its down position...seems like a time delay...if I wait 10-15 minutes, I can close the hood...with or without the battery installed....is this normal or is there a work around? Last question...I get condensation on the lens if I leave the lens cap on. Indoors or outdoors. Anybody got a help on this? Thanks in advance!!

The behaviour of the pop-up flash sounds really abnormal. It might be a thermal thing where a spring or whatever warms up just beyond the tolerance of the mechanism that locks everything down when the flash is used. Once the flash is no longer used, whatever part warmed up cools again and contracts enough that it can hold the popup in place. I dunno.

I don't think I would accept that in a new camera, and if it's easy enough to demonstrate, I'd go back to where the camera was bought to get a replacement.

The condensation thing sounds odd. If the camera was pretty cold and it was taken into a warmer, more humid environment I'd expect to see condensation, but not otherwise. I've seen it a couple of times back when we lived in Chicago after the camera was used outside for a bit, but that's about it. I've never seen anything like that here, and the humidity level here can be kinda brutal sometimes.

Does this maybe happen when you leave an air-conditioned location such as a building or a car to go outside?

Thanks for the reply Smeghead. You're probably right about the lens hood. And the condensation problem, I could see it if I came in from a hot environment to a cooler one...moisture might form...but that is not the case here. And I have never heard a condensation complaint from anyone, but it almost HAS to be a problem changing from temperature extremes, doesn't it? I sent an email to Kodak about my 2 problems and they haven't got back to me yet.....I'll post what I get....Thanks for your comeback Smeghead!!