Our cig pack type Cannon digital camera was in a Cannon underwater housing... and was taken into the ocean today... by someone my 17 year old son was with... and the housing became "about half full of water". They took it out of the water, took the camera out, and opened the batter and memory card compartments, and took out those items and wiped the camera off. When my son got out of the water about an hour later ... the camera was not working. He wiped it off and charged up the battery to make sure that was not the reason for no functions working... Still not working. He called today and asked for suggestions... I suggested that he rinse the camera off with fresh water, and evacuate of the water as possible... perhaps three or four times, and then leave it is a warm but not hot place for a week or so and try to fire it up one last time. I suspect it is done for... but does anyone else have any other suggestions? (I cannot see any value in sending it to Cannon.... in my experience most of the electronics companies cannot fix things for a reasonable fee.... ) thanks... Mike Orchard *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Michael Orchard <mspadorchard_at_comcast.net> wrote: > Our cig pack type Cannon digital camera was in a Cannon underwater > housing... and was taken into the ocean today... by someone my 17 year old > son was with... and the housing became "about half full of water". They > took it out of the water, took the camera out, and opened the batter and > memory card compartments, and took out those items and wiped the camera > off. <snip> > I suggested that he rinse the camera off with fresh water, and evacuate of > the water as possible... perhaps three or four times, and then leave it is > a > warm but not hot place for a week or so and try to fire it up one last > time. Your advice was about as good as anyone's given the circumstances. They should not have waited an hour to get the camera into fresh water; the sooner, the quicker. Depending upon the quality of your water, you might want to use distilled water if you have it, bottled water otherwise, or water out of the faucet if you have to. The point is to dilute any salt deposited in the unit as much as possible before anything gets corroded and then slowly dry out the device. The best place to dry an electronic device (I think) is a nice spot where the sun will shine onto it for a few hours a day and the dark hours are still warm. Give it a week or two before applying power. The urge to just try it is strong, though. Try to hold out. I have had devices come back to life after a few weeks of sitting in a warm, dry place. Good luck, Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Michael Orchard wrote: > Our cig pack type Cannon digital camera was in a Cannon underwater > housing... and was taken into the ocean today... by someone my 17 year > old son was with... and the housing became "about half full of water". It's dead. Write it off. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Even if it does come back, it now has cancer. It may work for an hour, day or even a longer but it will die, and it will choose to do this at the time that it is the most inconvenient to you. If you can retrieve any of the pictures on the memory card do so, and then go shopping for a new camera. Greg Dunlap Santa Rosa, CA 38.478156 N 122.754598 W 157 feet above sea level blackey_at_sonic.net -----Original Message----- From: Michael Orchard Our cig pack type Cannon digital camera was in a Cannon underwater housing... and was taken into the ocean today... by someone my 17 year old son was with... and the housing became "about half full of water". <snip> I suspect it is done for... but does anyone else have any other suggestions? (I cannot see any value in sending it to Cannon.... in my experience most of the electronics companies cannot fix things for a reasonable fee.... ) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
My expectations are low for this... but worth a try of course... .and perhaps a lesson for my son... thanks... Mike O. ----- Original Message ----- From: Craig Jungers Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Cannon cig pack camera taken in saltwater.... <snip about using distilled water to purge device> The best place to dry an electronic device (I think) is a nice spot where the sun will shine onto it for a few hours a day and the dark hours are still warm. Give it a week or two before applying power. The urge to just try it is strong, though. Try to hold out. I have had devices come back to life after a few weeks of sitting in a warm, dry place. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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