Might Have Fried My Nikon
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While on a fly fishing trip in North Carolina yesterday I did something I shouldn’t have and might have paid for it big time.
That sucks Cameron :-X
Go tonight and get a big package of beef jerky (make sure it has a silica package inside). Take 1/2 the jerky and the silica package and 1/2 cup rice and put in a big zip lock bag. Then put your camera in the zip lock with the lens detached. Let it sit two days inside (not in the sun). I have read multiple times that this trick often works when all else fails, but I’ve never tried it for myself.
Zach might have better advice since he has been through a similar dunking with his D200 in the past.
Well…I had to run home and check on something at lunch and decided to give the Nikon a try again since I’m impatient and if it’s fried I’d have the weekend to look at my body options.
Pulled the Nikon from the rice, put in a freshly charged battery, and card and it seems to be working perfectly.
Cam,
In case it starts acting crazy….My D70s has been sitting on the shelf since I bought the D90. You’re welcome to use it until you find a more permanent solution.
Glad to hear yours is still alive.
I’m glad your camera is working, here’s another trick that worked for one of my cameras in my Pre-DSLR days (We successfully tried the following on a Konica Minolta Dimage Z2.):
Duct tape your vacuum cleaner hose to the memory Card slot and let the vacuum running over night. The vacuum should suck nearly all of the moisture out.
Fortunately, we had an upstairs bedroom on the opposite side of the house from our master bedroom and couldn’t hear anything through the night.
On a DSLR you probably ought to cover the lens mount with a body cap. Of course, of the card slot doesn’t work, I would consider also taping the hose to the lens mount to suck the moisture out, but something tells me this might be bad for delicate shutters, so I would start out with the card slot.
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