My understanding for this sort of thing is that, upon drowning, remove any batteries and keep the poor camera in fresh, preferably distilled, water until you get to the repairer. If drowned in salt water, flush gently and repeatedly with fresh water before you carry it to your repairer. Keeping it in the water reduces corrosion and prevents any river gunk from drying out and sticking hard to things. tOM On Sunday, June 08, 2003 at 8:51 Gregory david Stempel <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> wrote: > I can not believe what I've done. > > A brand new (less than 5 days old) Nikon F100 and Nikkor 28-105 also a > 75-300 Nikkor, all drowned in the lake. Completely submerged for about four > minutes. Are they salvageable or total losses? > > I currently have all three in a room I can keep warm with a fan circulating the > air. > > The new lens has water literally sloshing all through the thing. Everything is > fogged. > > The camera seems to be drying out, but when I pulled it from the bottom of > the lake, the LCD was acting odd and the self timer light was on. I pulled > the lithium's to terminate any power. Now, just the VF seems fogged. The > film plate has emulsion residue evidence from the film. > > The 75-300 seems to be fairing quite well. Some moisture on the aperture > blades but otherwise, no signs of water. Go figure, it's the oldest of the > three. There is still something to be said about the older equipment > quality. > > My advice, go Pelican at all times. Dust proof, water proof and shock proof. I > wished I had listened to me. > > Take care, > Gregory david Stempel > FIREFRAMEi m a g i n g > www.americanphotojournalist.com --------- 2003 Jun 28-30 in Ottawa: http://www.CanadianCameraConference.ca tOM Trottier, ICQ:57647974 http://abacurial.com 758 Albert St, Ottawa ON Canada K1R 7V8 +1 613 860-6633 fax:231-6115 N45.412 W75.714 "The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself -- Henry Miller, 1891-1980
