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Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Cara on Feb 07, 2006, 12:27 AM
 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?
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Richard III on Feb 07, 2006, 01:23 AM
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 rig
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Ben on Feb 07, 2006, 02:11 AM
 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
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Cara on Feb 07, 2006, 02:38 AM
 A - I clearly didn't read the intro.
 
B - Thats what I figured, thank you.
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Old Poultney on Feb 07, 2006, 02:38 AM
 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
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Richard III on Feb 07, 2006, 03:19 AM
 Thats what I figured, thank you.
 
Mistakes happen.
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Dan on Feb 07, 2006, 03:21 AM
 gee, you didn't have to be so rude...
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Richard III on Feb 07, 2006, 03:26 AM
Rude, Moi?
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Peter Lewis on Feb 07, 2006, 04:03 AM
 What model camera was it? Almost anything can be repaired if you are willing to spend enough money!
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Rick on Feb 07, 2006, 04:50 AM
 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
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Punch Drunk on Feb 08, 2006, 03:30 AM
>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.
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Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Alex on Feb 11, 2006, 12:36 PM
 I don't think you can fix it. The punch is probably ruined now.
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Mschnittker on Jan 24, 2007, 10:34 PM
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 ye
Title: Is it possible to repair a camera that fell in liquid?
Post by: Wernerjb on Mar 03, 2007, 01:13 PM
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 tw