wrybosome
Contributor
My mini flooded a few weeks ago on a freshwater dive. It wasn't just damp inside, the lens was visibly half full of water. On opening it about 10-20 mL of water drained from the case.
Not having anything to lose I removed the back panel and placed it and the body in a one gallon paint can half filled with Drierite. I had a layer of porous tissue between the camera and the drying agent to prevent dusting the camera interior.
After a week of drying in the sealed can i reassembled the camera and loaded batteries. The camera turned and would take pictures but they were overexposed unless the light was low.
Thinking that maybe some contaminants from the quarry were on the ccd I took the camera apart again and soaked it for about 6 hoours in deionized water. I repeated the same drying procedure and the camera seems to be working normally now.
Just an FYI for anyone who runs into this problem.
Not having anything to lose I removed the back panel and placed it and the body in a one gallon paint can half filled with Drierite. I had a layer of porous tissue between the camera and the drying agent to prevent dusting the camera interior.
After a week of drying in the sealed can i reassembled the camera and loaded batteries. The camera turned and would take pictures but they were overexposed unless the light was low.
Thinking that maybe some contaminants from the quarry were on the ccd I took the camera apart again and soaked it for about 6 hoours in deionized water. I repeated the same drying procedure and the camera seems to be working normally now.
Just an FYI for anyone who runs into this problem.