I doubt if the sensor is compromised. The disk is not part of the lens. It was a prefectly flat piece of glass that seemed to serve no optical purpose unless it was a UV or Polarizing filter of some sort. It might have been some sort of seal to prevent dust but even if that were the case, taking something like that away should not damage the sensor.
For reference here is my Before and after from July 20, 2020 and a screenshot of the same camera taken today
I don’t think I’ve had a reoccurrence and I did 4 V2 cameras. 2 of them still have the glass, but cleaned a year ago and 2 have the glass removed, but unfortunately, I don’t remember which is which. I didn’t do my Pan cam at all.
Many thanks to the people who have experimented and diagnosed the foggy image problem. That took time, knowledge, and skill!
I found this thread because one of the outdoor cameras(woc) I have has foggy areas and appears to have the problems discussed. I am posting and adding a picture to the thread because I didn’t see references to the woc and suspect the problem may also be in newer cameras and want to document that. Mine was ordered 6/30/20 as part of the started pkg with base hub and was activated 8/26/20. A second woc activated 11/08/20 hasn’t developed the fog problem- yet.
Overall, I have 4- v2’s going back several years, 2 new v3’s with only one activated, and 2 woc’s. Currently, only one camera shows the problem which is a good thing because I do not have the eye sight or skillset to dismantle and correct the issue with my camera as others have done. @UserCustomerGwen
Sadly, that situation does not seem to have been addressed by Wyze. I know how to disassemble V2’s and Pan cams but need instruction video for the V3’s and WCO
I’m glad I found this. Of the 6 CAMs I have deployed one of them is VERY FOGGY. I have not been brave enough to take it a part yet but plan too (since it was already replaced due to audio issues when I got it).