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Cara
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 05:27 pm: | 
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I had a beautiful digital camera that was dropped into an entire bowl of punch (horror story). It's been sitting in a box, dead, for the last 2 years. Is there any possible way that it can be fixed? |
Richard III
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 06:23 pm: |
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Cara, Does this seem to you like the right forum for this question? Our kind and benevolent moderator states on the opening page: ESPECIALLY DO NOT POST questions about digital cameras.
So, I ask you again, does this seem to you like the right forum for this question? |
Ben
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 07:11 pm: |
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Probably not on a digital...it's about like what happens when you wash your cell phone or drop it in the toilet(both of which I've seen happen recently, by the way). With mechanical cameras, you could sometimes clean the rust out, but a digital camera will probably shorted and the LCDs will be shot even if you get everything dried out. |
Cara
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 07:38 pm: |
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A - I clearly didn't read the intro.
B - Thats what I figured, thank you. |
Old Poultney
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 07:38 pm: |
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It may just be suffering from one hell of a hangover! You should let it rest in the box again for a few more years, but this time make sure you let it lie down in a more comfortable position. Alternatively, you could offer it a large glass of single malt by way of a 'hair of the dog'. Always works for me. |
Richard III
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 08:19 pm: |
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Thats what I figured, thank you.
Mistakes happen. |
dan
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 08:21 pm: |
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gee, you didn't have to be so rude... |
Richard III
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 08:26 pm: |
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Rude, Moi? |
Peter Lewis
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 09:03 pm: |
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What model camera was it? Almost anything can be repaired if you are willing to spend enough money! |
rick
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 09:50 pm: |
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Dropping anything in a bowl of punch and then leaving it unattended for 2 years is not a recipe for success. Had it been removed instantly and thoroughly flushed clean with distilled water, there might have been hope (though probably not much).... but that was back in 2004.
The good news I guess is that a 2-year-old digital camera would be due for replacement by now anyway..... |
Punch Drunk
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 08:30 pm: |
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>Dropping anything in a bowl of punch and then leaving it unattended for 2 years is not a recipe for success.
It's not a good recipe for punch either.  |
Alex
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 05:36 am: |
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I don't think you can fix it. The punch is probably ruined now. |
Mschnittker
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Registered: 01-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 03:34 pm: |
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I would contact the manufacturer and ask how much to repair the camera. You may be surprised how cheap it will be i.e. less than $100. I don't know why but guess they have components that just plug in once the back is unscrewed. Saw same a million years ago when my friend's $350 HP-35 calculator died (yes - $350 in 1972 and you couldn't program it!). They popped off the back, banged it on the table to get the unit inside out, put another in, snapped it back together and handed it to my friend, good as new. I was stunned to say the least. Welcome to the future I thought. |
Wernerjb
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Post Number: 98
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 06:13 am: |
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Bought a Minolta SLR years ago after some nerd had sumerged it in a cesspit to give the poor thing what he thought was the right punishment for not working properly.
Not just because I didn't like the smell of it I left it unattended for more than two decades. I had then no idea I was going to tinker with old cameras and tought they were too complicated inside to be serviced or repaired by ordinary mortals! (How wrong one can be about one's hidden talents !?)
Not so very long ago I was in desparate need of spare parts, and to my great surprise the camera's awful smell had gone, and I realized the body was a fine source of spares!
Not only the old 101's mirror box is inside a 303b now, but also various other parts (CdS cells and the like) turned out to be fully functional and found their way into newer camera bodies.
Maybe drowned pixelcams will one day turn out to be as precious or otherwise appreciated goods if you store them long enough. You never know. |
