This cannot be happening to me!
Today, my camera was in my bag and my energy drink spilt on it.
I was so worried and took it out imeddiately and it was safe.
It took photos.
After wiping it off with an almost dry cloth, (a teeny amount of water on it),
i will try to take a picture and my camera will take a black photo and an image will pop up
"Error.
Press shutter release button again"
If I spill liquid on anything electrical it goes straight in an airing cupboard to thoroughly dry out before I turn it on again. Tried making absolutely sure it's properly dried out?
Oh maybe that's just a UK thing; it's a cupboard where the boiler for the central heating system is, so it's always above room temperature. We put towels and crap in there to dry out, generally. You can also stick it on top of a radiator, as long as it's not too hot.
Note that this is just what I do and isn't 100% guaranteed to fix anything, especially as it's been turned on whilst seemingly wet.
@eyebrows Yeah that was a stupid thing of me to turn it on, but the thing is I thought it was fine. But I put it on a shelf above a radiator, I'm hoping with all my heart some miracle will occur. :( that camera is the most precious thing I have in my life..
If you take the lens off you might see if the sensor has been damaged. You could take it to get repaired if that's all. But I agree that you put it somewhere warm to dry. Take the battery out and leave the slot open, so that if the battery or contacts are wet they can safely dry out too.
Throw the battery out and get a new one if it shows any signs of swelling.
Stuff can take quite a while to dry out, so as long as it's not going to get so hot it'll start to melt, I'd leave it there a while longer. Couple hours or something.
I havent tried this or my camera , but it works for cell phones. If you put it in a bag full of rice , the rice will absorb all the moisture for you :) Best of luck!! I had the horror of a black spot in the middle of mine just before the holidays.. was devastated .. but i managed to get some compressed air inside to clear it away .
@richfletcher i tryed that with my phone but it never worked. but im willing to do ANYTHING for my camera. so i will try it if this doesnt work. glad to hear you fixed your camera,
@omnomgreen This is terrible news, my young friend, not least because I'm really enjoying your photos! I don't have anything helpful to add, I'm afraid, but The Steve seems to have the right idea. You might try putting it on a towel, then covering it with a clear glass bowl, then shining a lamp directly over top. Give it time to dry out thoroughly. Best of luck!
Go buy yourself some dessicant packets. When we were in Australia in September, I fell in a hole filled with water up to my chest, camera around my neck. A couple days with the camera in a large baggie with dessicant packets, baking them after a couple hours and putting fresh ones in- did the trick. Saved my camera and brand new $1400 lens!!!
bag of rice has worked for me in the past. i got my d200 drenched at a fire, popped the lens off and dropped both in a bag of rice that covered all of it. couple days later pulled them out and they worked fine. *** WARNING *** dropping your rig and covering it in a bag of rice MAY VERY WELL void a warranty somehow. I have a tendency of voiding warranties with what i have put my camera thru, so i don't really worry about voiding them because i know i will void them. good luck.
@eyebrows SO GUESS WHAT! my boyfriend must be an angel. cause he came over, and turned my camera on. just like magic. we took like a 100 pictures. for some reason, it works now. IM SO HAPPY!
Just remember if you try the rice trick make sure your all holes big enough for a grain of rice to fit in ( where you plug in any cords or memory cards) if not and one gets stuck can be very very difficult to remove.
This sounds crazy, but if this ever happens again, you can take a vaccuum, cup your hand around the openings to seal the air, and vaccuum the moisture out. I fogged up my lens one time by blowing in it (dumb) to get a piece of debris off of the inside of the glass.. The moisture would NOT come out no matter what I tried. So, I vaccuumed it good as new! :)
Dessicant comes in little packets...like the ones you find in the box when you buy a new pair of shoes...only bigger. We shoot underwater as well, and use them in our underwater housings to cut down moisture.
Once you've had them in the baggie for a couple hours, you'll need to replace them. Bake the ones you took out of the bag in the overn for about 2-3 hours at 300 degrees. You can use them over and over...
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Note that this is just what I do and isn't 100% guaranteed to fix anything, especially as it's been turned on whilst seemingly wet.
Throw the battery out and get a new one if it shows any signs of swelling.
Hope it works out!
Nothing else to suggest but my heart did flip flops when I read your OP. Hope it's all OK.
Once you've had them in the baggie for a couple hours, you'll need to replace them. Bake the ones you took out of the bag in the overn for about 2-3 hours at 300 degrees. You can use them over and over...