I dropped my Olympus C700 into water, need some guidience on repair

[missioncall]

Yeah, call me stupid. I brought my camera with me when I canoed with my friend last weekend. And the boat turned over and I dropped my camera into water. Is there anyway I can make it work again? Thanks vey much for your input. I serached google and could not find much info on it.

 

[T3C]

take it to a repair shop,

 

[nebula]

So I'm asssuming you already turned it on and it's dead? If you haven't yet, maybe you could get lucky and dry it out thoroughly first.

 

[missioncall]

Originally posted by: cybpnk
take it to a repair shop,

I am not sure how much it will cost. If it is in $50-$100 range, it will be OK. But I guess the cost will be far beyond that range. Thanks for your response. Is it possible I just let the camera dry up and it will work again?

 

[T3C]

Originally posted by: missioncall

Originally posted by: cybpnk
take it to a repair shop,

I am not sure how much it will cost. If it is in $50-$100 range, it will be OK. But I guess the cost will be far beyond that range. Thanks for your response. Is it possible I just let the camera dry up and it will work again?

you could try it, if it was fully under water, its probably not going to work. Next time put it in a water tight bag

 

[T9D]

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[Mday]

open teh camera, remove all the casing, get some distilled water, and spray the camera's innards. and let it air dry. this will NOT fix any problems with the optics.

thing is, teh camera is "always on" because it uses the battery to maintain the internal memory (settings).

 

[dmw16]

Sometimes water damaged electronics can be repaired, but it is expensive. I knew a guy once who worked for this company that went into places that had fires and recovered computer that had been water damaged and repaired as many as possible. But they mainly repaired big servers because much else didnt warrant the cost.
-doug

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Mday
open teh camera, remove all the casing, get some distilled water, and spray the camera's innards. and let it air dry. this will NOT fix any problems with the optics.

thing is, teh camera is "always on" because it uses the battery to maintain the internal memory (settings).

Are you sure? Which memory needs power to be maintained? As far as I knew, cameras use flash RAM which keeps data without a constant power supply. That would kind of suck to lose your pictures if the batteries would just die.

 

[Cogman]

I agree with Jeff7. Most camera's are using flash ram instead of normal ram and can loose battery power. The best thing to do would be to leave it off until it completly drys

 

[Need4Speed]

bummer....you can try a dehydrator...20 bucks at target or walmart...my friend who is quite clumsy has saved his GPS and cellphone using one....

btw, a drybag that will hold your camera, keys, and cellphone can be had for less than 10.00...plus they float. I always carry one with my when i go kayaking.

 

[Mday]

you MUST rinse the components with distilled water. this will remove much of the contaminants that were in solution with the river water. once the river water dries, the solutes in solution will cake up and will damage the electronics. and i suggest drying it off as soon as possible, so be ready with a LINT-less cloth and a hair dryer. excess dry time can cause oxidation of exposed parts.

 

[BuckNaked]

Originally posted by: Mday
you MUST rinse the components with distilled water. this will remove much of the contaminants that were in solution with the river water. once the river water dries, the solutes in solution will cake up and will damage the electronics. and i suggest drying it off as soon as possible, so be ready with a LINT-less cloth and a hair dryer. excess dry time can cause oxidation of exposed parts.

Mday gives good advice... I did the same thing with a Nikon F4 and 105 f2.8 Macro lens..... you need to flush any kind of mineral deposits or other contaminants out, or it will cake up inside as the water drys out.

Dave