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| Bad case of bum spray |
I've killed two Canon Ixux cameras in the last six years - all through horrible abuse at either my hands or the kids. I thought the third one had kicked the bucket today.
It's been pouring down in Sydney for the last few days. I think we got 4 inches in the last 24 hours in our area. It certainly feels like it - the lawns are swamps, the road side gutters everywhere are overflowing and the canals are running fast with run off. Every time I rode through a gutter, I had that icky feeling of cold water running over one of my feet - that's how deep the water can get.
I've been happy to wear a spray jacket on my rides, as it isn't that cold - it was 12-15 degrees today, so wearing a heavy jacket would have me soaked with sweat from the inside.
Although the spray jacket is pretty water resistant, it seems the pocket that I keep the camera in isn't. Or my saturated glove squeezed a bucket of water into the camera when I took each photo. When I got home, the camera looked a little "fogged", a little light was blinking orange and it refused to start up.
Remedy - undo six fiddly little screws, put the "shoe tray" in the dryer and put the open camera in there for an hour. That seems to have done the trick - for now. We'll see if it's still working in the morning.
Good thing I have two more of them if it isn't.
3 comments:
I have an old Nikon digital that I dropped into a swimming pool. After I rescued it, I stripped the back cover, emptied out the worst of the water and blew it dry with a hair dryer.
Left it open for about 48 hours then reassembled it. Now works as well as ever. These digitals are tougher than they look.
4 Inches eh?
Or bury it in a container of fresh rice, and place in a warm spot, c.10-20C above ambient.
Cheers
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