I get this condensation crap all the time too I believe its a defect, becuase it happens to me on very dry days as well. If it doesn't go away by itself..... I just go an open up my cam myself! Just take your time and unscrew everything. My cam JVC D30U just splits in have once the screws are out. the 2 halves are connected by a thin ribbon, i usually just disconnect that and reconnect it. and alot of the time it will work fine after that...... if not I wait a while and then it works again. Its just a pain in the butt becasue it does totall fix it and the cam still isn't always dependable. but i'm at the point now where i would rather buy a new cam (non JVC) then to pay the $100 or wahetver it is to fix this. I believe it will just do the same thing again anyway eventually.

I also have the same problem with my GRD-31EK. "Condensation...Operation Paused, Please Wait...". The manual says to leave it for "more than an hour". I've tried this and it took nearly 2 days for the problem to go. The camera started working again, but 2 mins later the message reappeared, now I have been waiting for a day and it still hasn't gone. Really annoying as I've been on holiday in New Zealand for the past month and I'm about to go home this week and I havne't been able to record any of it. Time to buy a Sony!