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Water Damage
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this may be the wrong place for this post, but here goes.
Recently I was down in Doolin with my D80. One fine calm evening I ventured to the waters edge and set up my tripod
for a few nice shots of the water crashing off the rocks below. All the waves were pretty small until I took my eye off one of them,
it came out of nowhere and drowned me from head to toe.
Apart from learning the lesson to keep back from the edge my camera and lens got wet.
I naturally retreated and dried it out as much as I could, then I turned it on, nothing, the screen was blank.
Turned it off, dried it some more(panic thinking) and turned it back on,
Hey presto, the screen worked, everything seemed okay so I pointed and took a shot,
exposure was only set to1/800th so panic started to set in.
It continued to do the same thing for the rest of the evening so I turned it off and retreated to have a sulk in my tent.
Packed up the next morning and came home, out of interest I tried the camera on the way home and it worked perfectly,
so I gave it no more thought and continued to use it as much as possible, until now, the long term effects of having salt
in its guts has just hit me as possibly detremental.
Image quality doesnt seem to have suffered, not noticably anywayz, horizon still crooked but I dont think I can blame the
camera for that.
Does anyone have any experience of something similar?
What should I do?argh….
this reminds me of a horrible thing….. summer 2005, i was laying on the beach in Biarritz, north of France. Since my sea (mediterraneo) is quiet as a pool, I could care less about the tide.
suddendly i had to hurry up because a huge wave was coming. but unfortunately my pentax (analog) fall in the water completely. :(i tried to repair it but they told me that the damage was too much. probably in your case it’s way better. try bringing the camera to a good shop!
I read somewhere, some time ago that in the event of salt water dunking that one can do much worse that give the camera a very quick emergency rinse in high quality alcohol (vodka, gin anything that contains no sugar) since will remove the salt and dry more effectively than with water.
Since then I’ve always carried a Vodka minature ‘just in case’. Great insurance because it has never been needed.
Has anyone heard similar or had to do, did it work?
Puckpics wrote:
I read somewhere, some time ago that in the event of salt water dunking that one can do much worse that give the camera a very quick emergency rinse in high quality alcohol (vodka, gin anything that contains no sugar) since will remove the salt and dry more effectively than with water.
Since then I’ve always carried a Vodka minature ‘just in case’. Great insurance because it has never been needed.
Has anyone heard similar or had to do, did it work?
Never heard that one but must add that to my kit!!!! :lol: :lol:
thanks for all the help folks.. im not sure if ill immerse it in vodka just yet, partly because i drank it all while away at a weekend music festival and partly because im not sure i want to risk it!
Thanks again folks..I’d get it to a repair shop asap.
My wife spilt salt on a CD player in the kitchen and didn’t bother
cleaning it properly. Within a few weeks the tape, CD and radio had all stopped working.I said something calm like, “Oh dear, aren’t you a silly billy, Darling?”.
Thanks Pete,
I think Im gonna get it to a repair shop. Just gotta find one!
Thanks againThere’s a camera repair shop near Portobello bridge in Dublin if that’s any use. They seem nice in there.
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