amyrillis
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My camera is a Sony Cybershot DSC-p8 (yeah, I know it's old, but my dad can't afford to buy a new one, so I really need to fix this one if at all possible). The camera will turn on, but any pictures I take come out solid black. This is what happened:
I put a cup of Sierra Mist in my purse, forgetting my dad's camera was in there. A minute later I took out the cup, and it was leaking from the bottom. I cleaned off the outside of the camera the best I could, but after a while I could see condensation on the inside of the screen. When I got home, I removed the battery and submerged the camera in rice to absorb the moisture. A week later (today), I took the camera out and there was no longer condensation in the screen. I turned it on to see if it would work, and I thought I was in luck at first.... But the screen is black with a smudged appearance, unless I view pictures that I took before the incident, which show up just fine. The menu screen also shows up. I tried taking a few pictures and importing them to my laptop, but they were just black, like the screen.
So I'm guessing the screen works, but something else in the camera was damaged so I can't take pictures. That would explain why nothing shows up except for pictures already taken. What part of the camera do you think is damaged? Is there anything else I can do to fix it? Take it apart and clean the inside, maybe? I'm just afraid if I take it apart I won't be able to put it together.
My camera is a Sony Cybershot DSC-p8 (yeah, I know it's old, but my dad can't afford to buy a new one, so I really need to fix this one if at all possible). The camera will turn on, but any pictures I take come out solid black. This is what happened:
I put a cup of Sierra Mist in my purse, forgetting my dad's camera was in there. A minute later I took out the cup, and it was leaking from the bottom. I cleaned off the outside of the camera the best I could, but after a while I could see condensation on the inside of the screen. When I got home, I removed the battery and submerged the camera in rice to absorb the moisture. A week later (today), I took the camera out and there was no longer condensation in the screen. I turned it on to see if it would work, and I thought I was in luck at first.... But the screen is black with a smudged appearance, unless I view pictures that I took before the incident, which show up just fine. The menu screen also shows up. I tried taking a few pictures and importing them to my laptop, but they were just black, like the screen.
So I'm guessing the screen works, but something else in the camera was damaged so I can't take pictures. That would explain why nothing shows up except for pictures already taken. What part of the camera do you think is damaged? Is there anything else I can do to fix it? Take it apart and clean the inside, maybe? I'm just afraid if I take it apart I won't be able to put it together.
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