On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Charles Braswell Jr wrote: > that I had my own camera in my hand. Both cameras hit the shallow water > and completely submerged. I grabbed them as fast as I could and they > were in the water for a very short period. The PZ-1 shutter wouldn't > fire and there was moisture inside the LCD panel on top. A Nikon Rep > happened to be there and advised that I should dry the outside as best I > could and then dry the interior with a hair dryer (low setting of > course).
Not bad advice, but the most important thing is to remove all batteries immediately and not to turn the camera on. Fresh water really doesn't do any damage to a camera provided you dry and air it out... it's the short circuits caused by powering on a camera with wet circuitry that really kills it. chris
