Hummer82
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Camera help
Need a little help. My digital camera got wet. Have any of you "revived" one by drying it out or am I wasting my time? I have revived my cell phone many times but the camera might not come back. Any help would be appreciated.
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kastmasterpro
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RE: Camera help
2009/06/14 19:39:53
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Yes!!!!!! Put it in rice!!! Trust me it will pull out most of the moisture..it'll work but u can only hope tht no water got into the processor or lens..put in rice is ur best bet
can't wait til the steelies run again! get to say the best two words put together in fishing "fish on!"
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Hummer82
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RE: Camera help
2009/06/14 19:54:18
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I'm afraid that the water got in the lens. From nothing,I can now see the stored pictures and all that, but when I try to go to the picture taking mode, the screen becomes blank and the flash will not work.
On to the rice thing though, do you put it in a ziplok with the rice and seal it?
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Mountian Man
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RE: Camera help
2009/06/14 20:02:46
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Buy a new camera that's waterproof!
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KJH807
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RE: Camera help
2009/06/14 20:02:52
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DO NOT turn it on wet
Pull the batteries and let it dry for a few days
put it inside in a low humidity enviro for a 4 or 5 days
get new batteries and then fire it up
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pghmarty
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RE: Camera help
2009/06/14 20:06:35
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Leave it on the dash of your car.
The sun and dry heat may help-worked for my cell.
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RE: Camera help
2009/06/14 20:57:50
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Hairdryer, rice, dashboard, any place with a good source of dry heat. Take the battery out and leave it out till you can be sure there's no moisture. I shook mine against my hand a few times to dislodge any water that was trapped inside. Then hairdryer, and dash of my car wrapped in a bandanna. Worked for both my phone and my camera.
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kastmasterpro
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RE: Camera help
2009/06/14 22:37:36
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DO NOT USE A HAIRDRYER!!! i take photography classes at my school and they taught us to put it in a big bowl of rice! I got my soaked from fishing in a thunderstorm (forgot i had it in my bag) and i set it in some rice for 2 days took it out and worked fine except the display wasn't as great but it works fine
can't wait til the steelies run again! get to say the best two words put together in fishing "fish on!"
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RE: Camera help
2009/06/14 22:44:31
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I have one I left in the ice fishing bucket for about a week. when I got it out it was in about 3 inches of water. I let it dry out and the camera worked but every time I changed temps. it would fog the lens. Then about a year later I left it on the floor of my jeep during a thunders storm and once again it was soaked. I just let it dry out but this time even the lens dried out and it is working fine. The first time I did turn it on as soon as I found it . Now the bad part is I am a photographer by trade and this is how I treat cameras.
Jim
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Hummer82
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RE: Camera help
2009/06/14 23:00:05
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Thanks all for the great advice. I hope I have photo jims luck with this one.
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RE: Camera help
2012/04/15 22:49:32
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ORIGINAL: Mountian Man
Buy a new camera that's waterproof!
I think so.
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Cold
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RE: Camera help
2012/04/16 00:38:33
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Whatever you do, don't resurrect a 3 year old thread.
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RE: Camera help
2012/05/09 13:10:32
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Put the camera in a ziplock bag with rice then put it on top of your waterheat. Make sure you take the battery and memory card out.
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RE: Camera help
2012/05/09 13:21:17
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Surly the camera is dryed out by now.
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RE: Camera help
2012/05/09 13:52:37
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I don't always snag fish, but when I do... I choose Little Cleos I'm the best looking smartest snagging poacher alive...
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RE: Camera help
2012/05/09 15:10:45
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RE: Camera help
2012/05/09 20:43:04
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Fish Pics? lol. Best thread ever. 
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Cold
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RE: Camera help
2012/05/09 21:31:37
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For what it's worth...as much as I hate to admit it, the old pro had a point. Doesn't work all the time, but I sent an iPod through a full wash & tumble dry cycle. Threw it in rice and let it set for a few weeks, and I still use it every day at work.
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