Saving A Dunked Camera

[MontanaDave]

I found this interesting...a ziploc with rice or silca was not the solution, patience was

 

[cgw149 175]

Have dunked multiple phones, film and digital cameras and a couple electronic Sekonic meters. Maximum possible disassembly, hair dryers and brief repeated stays in monitored low-temp ovens at 90F brought all back to life and full functioning. Agree, though, that patience is mandatory. Baffled by the urban legend "bag-o-rice" trick which flat doesn't work. Admittedly, though, long-term marination usually amounts to a death sentence.
I'd argue that serious drops/impact damage can involve far more serious injury to cameras and optics. It's also likely far more common and frequently requires professional evaluation and service.
In both cases, waving around expensive cameras and lenses without wrist straps or neck straps wrapped around necks or wrists impacts survival odds. I often shoot street and have tripped over things like exposed water shut-off valves and uneven sidewalks in 'hoods I don't know well. Result? Some ugly skinned knees and epic bruises but no camera injury because I got between the gear and the concrete thanks to straps.

 

[MontanaDave]

Have dunked multiple phones, film and digital cameras and a couple electronic Sekonic meters. Maximum possible disassembly, hair dryers and brief repeated stays in monitored low-temp ovens at 90F brought all back to life and full functioning. Agree, though, that patience is mandatory. Baffled by the urban legend "bag-o-rice" trick which flat doesn't work. Admittedly, though, long-term marination usually amounts to a death sentence.
I'd argue that serious drops/impact damage can involve far more serious injury to cameras and optics. It's also likely far more common and frequently requires professional evaluation and service.
In both cases, waving around expensive cameras and lenses without wrist straps or neck straps wrapped around necks or wrists impacts survival odds. I often shoot street and have tripped over things like exposed water shut-off valves and uneven sidewalks in 'hoods I don'ttu know well. Result? Some ugly skinned knees and epic bruises but no camera injury because the gear stayed between me and the concrete thanks to straps.

When I lived in Alaska, one of my students saw a camera underwater while canoeing the Chena River ...it was in a clear pool, underwater for who knows how long. He was able to retrieve the camera and let it dry for 10 days and it worked fine after that. He never could find the original owner.

 

[greybeard66 39]

Montana, thanks for sharing
Tom