Never give up (Page 2): Camera strap on for sure.

sus Loc: Ripon,Ca

Camera strap on for sure.

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin': Good luck with the camera.

Elliern Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC

Jerry, thank you for the link. Have saved that but hope I never have to use it.

catinacabin Loc: central Minnesota

"CPR by rice..." you crack me up!

Clif Loc: Central Ca.

I hope you can get it to come back totally. I find it hard to resist a shot or 2 from Tunnel View each time we go up. I am just starting to get a feeling for The Park.

Jerry, as usual, thanks for the good information.

Merry Christmas to all.

Ka2azman Loc: Tucson, Az

I'm probably going over the hill here. While on duty in Viet Nam, during the rainy season, nothing would dry out. What we would do is build a wooden box and place a (lit) light bulb in it. (up to 100 watts) Anything placed in it would dry out in relative short order. Radio gear, clothing etc.

A second and scientific method of removing moisture is a vacuum. The reduced air pressure increases the evaporation rate. You will need (I'll say special gear) but it is relative easy to get and cheap THAT IS if you already have an air compressor. (that can be expensive.) They USE these vacuum's on air conditioners systems to service them. They vacuum the lines of the air conditioner systems to evacuate the moisture in them, prior to applying (old Freon) R12/R22 version. You can get it at Harbor Freight for under $20. A Compressor vacuum.

Or you could use your shop vac, place the camera in a some what larger plastic bag, make a one way valve on the bag and vacuum. Or get one of those space age vacuum bags that have the valve in them already. This probably would be the easiest and quickest and cheapest, since you can use almost vacuum cleaner that has a hose to use.

Remember a vacuum can crush an Aluminum cans, but your camera should be strong enough to within stand the crushing effects of the vacuum. or just don't suck out the max air it can. Myself I would release the vacuum after an hour, then reapply the vacuum, and do this several times to ensure complete removal of moisture.

The vacuum method should only take hours as to days with the rice method, which I have heard pros and cons for.

DanRobinson Loc: Charlotte, NC

As a (recently) retired Macintosh Consultant, I had several occasions to resuscitate clients' iPhones.

Turn device off. Remove battery if possible and disassemble -- like the lens from a camera. Remove the sim card and leave all the gates open.

In addition to blow-drying, I also used a hand vacuum to pull air through the drowned device. There's no such thing as too much, but eventually, you've sucked out as much moisture as you can expect to get. Then I set the phone on a couple pencils and directed an incandescent desk lamp from a few inches away. Don't get it too close. You want it good and warm, but not hot enough to melt plastic. Give it a day of that treatment.

Results:
Three iPhones, two fully functional and the third lost only the camera.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

jerryc41 wrote:

The only time I had a camera fhit the ground was over forty years ago, and it was because a leg of a tripod loosened. I'm glad your camera and lens seem to be working. Below are more ideas to save it.

Saving a Wet Camera
March 19, 2013
http://www.redbubble.com/people/peterh111/journal/9049428-how-to-perform-cpr-on-a-drowned-dslr

1. Take the battery out as fast as you can. Yes, it doesnt take more than a nanosecond to turn the camera OFF (which is the least you should do), but even after doing so there are still volts inside going where ever the water goes. If the charge meets that moisture, your electronics will be fried. End of story.
2. Take the card out. Simple step, but in the panic immediately following the drowning its easily forgotten. I know I have.
3. Dont stand there wiping the exterior of the camera body. You are wasting valuable time. You need to get to a heat source ASAP.
4. Did you drive to your shoot? Get to the car pronto. Now take the lens off and wipe as much water as you can from inside the camera with your lens cloth or an absorbent cloth if you have one, without damaging the mirror or sensor. Tissues are NOT recommended because they will separate and strands will be left inside the body. Even shaking the body while holding it downwards will help. Turn on your cars engine, turn the cars airconditioning on full-bore and HOT, and hold the body up to the vents. Keep it there as you drive home or to your hotel, or get your passenger to do it if you have one. (Drive safe but dont dawdle.)
5. Think as you drive home. How much rice do you have? Youll need a good 4kgs, so if necessary buy some on the way home, but dont stop for a Big Mac or a pie. Get long grain, basmati, jasmine, whatever. Just get the damn rice, ok?
6. When you get home, grab a blow dryer and give the bodys interior a good going over. (The cameras, not yours.) Full blast. Give it a good 15-30 minutes or at least until you cant see any more water and your camera body is nice and warm.
7. Ideally, whilst you are doing the blow job, someone else is grabbing a pillow slip and putting all the rice in it. Now find an item of clothing. The thinner the fabric the better. The BEST item to grab is a thermal top or thermal pants or similar.
8. Insert the camera body into a sleeve (or pant). This is to prevent rice grains from getting inside the body. Dont wrap the item of clothing around the body because you want as little as possible coming between the moisture-sucking rice and the body. Now immerse the body in the rice. If the body is in a sleeve, you can leave the rest of the item of clothing hanging out, just make sure the body is immersed in rice.
9. Put the bag on a table next to a fan. This will help keep moisture from hanging around.
10. Leave the body in the bag of rice for as long as possible. Note that I havent said you can turn the camera on. That is the hardest bit resisting the temptation. Give it a week. Seriously.
11. When you finally cant wait any more and turn the camera back on, do not leave it on. Turn it back off and put it back in the bag of rice even if the camera seems to be working. CPR by rice takes time.
As I said, no guarantees any of the above will save your drowned buddy, but hopefully you can give it at least your best chance to survive. Bear in mind that repairing a drowned DSLR, if possible, can end up costing nearly as much as getting a new one, if not more.

The only time I had a camera fhit the ground was o... (show quote)

I got lucky a few years back, as a little kid ran around and into my tripod (with 5D MII attached), tipped the whole thing over. I could not get there in time to prevent it from hitting the pavement. So I watched it hit the ground. Luckely, the only thing that happened to it, was a cracked Sun shade.

busted_shutter

sus wrote:

The camera info is wrong but the camera settings all wrong.

You might try to download a camera firmware update. No guarantees, but it works when .exif. data is wrong in other situations.

busted_shutter

sus wrote:

Camera strap on for sure.

Dirty mind...lol...never mind! :-D

georgevedwards Loc: Essex, Maryland.

Do you remove the lens before immersing in rice? Do you let rice into the interior via the empty lens opening?

jerryc41 wrote:

The only time I had a camera fhit the ground was over forty years ago, and it was because a leg of a tripod loosened. I'm glad your camera and lens seem to be working. Below are more ideas to save it.

Saving a Wet Camera
March 19, 2013
http://www.redbubble.com/people/peterh111/journal/9049428-how-to-perform-cpr-on-a-drowned-dslr

1. Take the battery out as fast as you can. Yes, it doesnt take more than a nanosecond to turn the camera OFF (which is the least you should do), but even after doing so there are still volts inside going where ever the water goes. If the charge meets that moisture, your electronics will be fried. End of story.
2. Take the card out. Simple step, but in the panic immediately following the drowning its easily forgotten. I know I have.
3. Dont stand there wiping the exterior of the camera body. You are wasting valuable time. You need to get to a heat source ASAP.
4. Did you drive to your shoot? Get to the car pronto. Now take the lens off and wipe as much water as you can from inside the camera with your lens cloth or an absorbent cloth if you have one, without damaging the mirror or sensor. Tissues are NOT recommended because they will separate and strands will be left inside the body. Even shaking the body while holding it downwards will help. Turn on your cars engine, turn the cars airconditioning on full-bore and HOT, and hold the body up to the vents. Keep it there as you drive home or to your hotel, or get your passenger to do it if you have one. (Drive safe but dont dawdle.)
5. Think as you drive home. How much rice do you have? Youll need a good 4kgs, so if necessary buy some on the way home, but dont stop for a Big Mac or a pie. Get long grain, basmati, jasmine, whatever. Just get the damn rice, ok?
6. When you get home, grab a blow dryer and give the bodys interior a good going over. (The cameras, not yours.) Full blast. Give it a good 15-30 minutes or at least until you cant see any more water and your camera body is nice and warm.
7. Ideally, whilst you are doing the blow job, someone else is grabbing a pillow slip and putting all the rice in it. Now find an item of clothing. The thinner the fabric the better. The BEST item to grab is a thermal top or thermal pants or similar.
8. Insert the camera body into a sleeve (or pant). This is to prevent rice grains from getting inside the body. Dont wrap the item of clothing around the body because you want as little as possible coming between the moisture-sucking rice and the body. Now immerse the body in the rice. If the body is in a sleeve, you can leave the rest of the item of clothing hanging out, just make sure the body is immersed in rice.
9. Put the bag on a table next to a fan. This will help keep moisture from hanging around.
10. Leave the body in the bag of rice for as long as possible. Note that I havent said you can turn the camera on. That is the hardest bit resisting the temptation. Give it a week. Seriously.
11. When you finally cant wait any more and turn the camera back on, do not leave it on. Turn it back off and put it back in the bag of rice even if the camera seems to be working. CPR by rice takes time.
As I said, no guarantees any of the above will save your drowned buddy, but hopefully you can give it at least your best chance to survive. Bear in mind that repairing a drowned DSLR, if possible, can end up costing nearly as much as getting a new one, if not more.

The only time I had a camera fhit the ground was o... (show quote)

doduce Loc: Holly Springs NC

busted_shutter wrote:

Dirty mind...lol...never mind! :-D

Well played, sir. :-D