Camera got damp

[Anonymous]

Took some photos of a building project I am working on at home.

[Rich Kovars]

Powering it on probably wasn’t a good move.

[Zach Matthews]

You aren’t even remotely screwed.

[Anonymous]

Thanks…I am breathing a bit easier.

I sort of assummed that but wasnt sure.

[Corey Kruitbosch]

Like Zach, I have completely dunked my camera and its working perfectly fine today. I removed the battery and let it sit for a day in the sun, as much as possible. If you don’t have insurance, you should look into it! Its cheap and a great piece of mind.

While on the topic has anyone used descant in a tupperware container to dry a camera?

[andrew brown]

A quick way to get get it dry, other than setting it in the sun inside, is to crack your car windows and park the car and camera in the sun.  

I took a swim a month ago and soaked my P&S and blackberry. I popped the batteries out as soon as I got out of the water, put them  back in my pack wet. After I got home I rinsed everything out with distilled water and let left it in my car on a 95 deg day.  

Everything was working fine the next about 2 days later.

[David Anderson]

Zach, the bad news for your D200 is it may take a while for the problems to show up from a dunking..

Though new cameras are a lot better than old ones for bomb proofness, they’re still not waterproof.

www.dsaphoto.com

A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.

[Zach Matthews]

I agree, David, but it has now been over 8 months.

[David Anderson]

It’s nice to see the good guys get lucky every once and a while ..

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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.

[Chad Simcox]

Back before cameras were filled with electronics, you could put them in the oven for a few hours at a low temp to dry them out. I don’t know if I would do that with my DSLR (or even my 35mm SLR).

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[Rich Kovars]

I would throw it in a box with a bunch of desiccants before putting it in the oven.

[andrew brown]

Back before cameras were filled with electronics, you could put them in the oven for a few hours at a low temp to dry them out. I don’t know if I would do that with my DSLR (or even my 35mm SLR).

You can still do this, just turn it way down (125) and leave the door open…

[Zach Matthews]

I think you run the risk of warping the light plastic parts even at that low a temp.

[Chad Simcox]

The technique Andrew mentioned is the one I was refering to. But I still don’t think I would do it for the reasons others have mentioned.

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http://grainfarmer.vsco.co/ iPhone photos
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[Anonymous]

Update:

Put everything back together this morning and it seems to be in working order.

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