water damage

Hi,

I'm a hiker and my CP 5700 took a dip in the river, with me and would you
believe - the CP eventually dried out and I'm using it again; however, this
is where I have so much trouble with focus - maybe it's not perfect, but I'm
amazed and my scenics are just fine.

I put a heat lamp over it for a couple of days and then just left it alone!


And, I mean, totally immersed!

Hiker

HIKER4LIFE wrote:
Hi,

I'm a hiker and my CP 5700 took a dip in the river, with me and would
you believe - the CP eventually dried out and I'm using it again;
however, this is where I have so much trouble with focus - maybe it's
not perfect, but I'm amazed and my scenics are just fine.

I put a heat lamp over it for a couple of days and then just left it
alone!

And, I mean, totally immersed!

Hiker

A couple of general rules for dunking a camera.

1. If it is salt water rinse it with fresh water as soon as possible.
Try not to let it dry out in the mean time.

2. Clean fresh water is usually minimal damage. Dirty water calls some
cleaning. If it was really bad it may be best to dunk the camera in clean
fresh water.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

I would go (run) to a camera service center and see if they can do a
thorough job making sure it's dried out and can fully function again. My
son's cell phone ended up in the clothes washer and did a complete wash
cycle and still worked, but you had to press the buttons down real hard for
it to work.

Dave


"HIKER4LIFE" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I'm a hiker and my CP 5700 took a dip in the river, with me and would you
believe - the CP eventually dried out and I'm using it again; however,
this is where I have so much trouble with focus - maybe it's not perfect,
but I'm amazed and my scenics are just fine.

I put a heat lamp over it for a couple of days and then just left it
alone!


And, I mean, totally immersed!

Hiker

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:26:30 GMT, "Joseph Meehan" wrote:

I'm a hiker and my CP 5700 took a dip in the river, with me and would
you believe - the CP eventually dried out and I'm using it again;
however, this is where I have so much trouble with focus - maybe it's
not perfect, but I'm amazed and my scenics are just fine.

I put a heat lamp over it for a couple of days and then just left it
alone!

And, I mean, totally immersed!

Hiker

A couple of general rules for dunking a camera.

1. If it is salt water rinse it with fresh water as soon as possible.
Try not to let it dry out in the mean time.

2. Clean fresh water is usually minimal damage. Dirty water calls some
cleaning. If it was really bad it may be best to dunk the camera in clean
fresh water.

The very first thing to do is to remove the batteries.

I dunked a film camera in the river years ago. I had access to a vacuum
chamber and the vacuum sucked all the water out of it. I used the camera
for years more with no problem.

"Dave" wrote in message
. com...
I would go (run) to a camera service center and see if they can do a
thorough job making sure it's dried out and can fully function again. My
son's cell phone ended up in the clothes washer and did a complete wash
cycle and still worked, but you had to press the buttons down real hard for
it to work.

Dave


"HIKER4LIFE" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I'm a hiker and my CP 5700 took a dip in the river, with me and would you
believe - the CP eventually dried out and I'm using it again; however,
this is where I have so much trouble with focus - maybe it's not perfect,
but I'm amazed and my scenics are just fine.

I put a heat lamp over it for a couple of days and then just left it
alone!


And, I mean, totally immersed!

Hiker

Joseph Meehan wrote:
HIKER4LIFE wrote:
Hi,

I'm a hiker and my CP 5700 took a dip in the river, with me and would
you believe - the CP eventually dried out and I'm using it again;
however, this is where I have so much trouble with focus - maybe it's
not perfect, but I'm amazed and my scenics are just fine.

I put a heat lamp over it for a couple of days and then just left it
alone!

And, I mean, totally immersed!

Hiker

A couple of general rules for dunking a camera.

1. If it is salt water rinse it with fresh water as soon as possible.
Try not to let it dry out in the mean time.

2. Clean fresh water is usually minimal damage. Dirty water calls some
cleaning. If it was really bad it may be best to dunk the camera in clean
fresh water.

And 0. Take the battery out! Quick. Right away!

---- Paul J. Gans

Paul J Gans wrote:
Joseph Meehan wrote:
HIKER4LIFE wrote:
Hi,

I'm a hiker and my CP 5700 took a dip in the river, with me and
would you believe - the CP eventually dried out and I'm using it
again; however, this is where I have so much trouble with focus -
maybe it's not perfect, but I'm amazed and my scenics are just fine.

I put a heat lamp over it for a couple of days and then just left it
alone!

And, I mean, totally immersed!

Hiker

A couple of general rules for dunking a camera.

1. If it is salt water rinse it with fresh water as soon as
possible. Try not to let it dry out in the mean time.

2. Clean fresh water is usually minimal damage. Dirty water
calls some cleaning. If it was really bad it may be best to dunk the
camera in clean fresh water.

And 0. Take the battery out! Quick. Right away!

Good point. Actually it would be good to remove the memory card as well
and open all the covers on the camera.


---- Paul J. Gans

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

Ed Mullikin wrote:
I dunked a film camera in the river years ago. I had access to a
vacuum chamber and the vacuum sucked all the water out of it. I used
the camera for years more with no problem.


That would be a great way of drying it out. Good thinking

Sorry to say not many of us will have the option.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

"Joseph Meehan" writes:

And 0. Take the battery out! Quick. Right away!

Good point. Actually it would be good to remove the memory card as well
and open all the covers on the camera.

True. But opening covers simply allows liquid water to run out, and
water vapour to get out.

As long as there is a battery in the camera (and some cameras use two,
one for the date/time clock), there is voltage applied to conductors
that may be wet. Water plus voltage results in electrolytic corrosion
*fast*. Salt water is worse than fresh, but both are conductive (unless
you happened to drop your camera into the purest distilled water). Thin
conductive traces on a PC board or flexible circuit can be eaten
completely away in a short time.

Dave

Dave Martindale wrote:
"Joseph Meehan" writes:

And 0. Take the battery out! Quick. Right away!

Good point. Actually it would be good to remove the memory card as well
and open all the covers on the camera.

True. But opening covers simply allows liquid water to run out, and
water vapour to get out.

As long as there is a battery in the camera (and some cameras use two,
one for the date/time clock), there is voltage applied to conductors
that may be wet. Water plus voltage results in electrolytic corrosion
*fast*. Salt water is worse than fresh, but both are conductive (unless
you happened to drop your camera into the purest distilled water). Thin
conductive traces on a PC board or flexible circuit can be eaten
completely away in a short time.

That's why we have Rule 0!

One might get lucky. Or one might not.

----- Paul J. Gans