Oh woe is me.

[Ron Evers]

My little Nikon P&S will not take a picture.

Wife had it out last weekend & took a few shots in the rain of dogs dock jumping, came home & took a couple more shots in the house. After that it would not take a picture. Thinking moisture was the cause I took out the batteries & card leaving the camera to dry. It is now four days later & it will focus (as it did when it stopped working) but will not take a pic when the button is completely depressed. Fresh batteries & empty card make no difference.

Any ideas?

 

[Overread]

have you any silicon gel?
I have found that if you place the affected device in a plastic bag or container and seal it in there with the silicon gel for a few days that the gel can remove nearly all the moisture - had a similar thing happen to my camera remote - two days sealed in and it now works fine

 

[Ron Evers]

What a great idea. Now I need to find some silica gel.

 

[bevin]

You could pop into a shoe store. Most shoes have a little packet of silica in the box. Also clothing stores. Some clothing has packets within the plastic wrapping.

Failing those options, some cat litter is made with silica gel.....

(seriously, it is!)