Dropped camera in sink full of water!!

Last night I was trying to photograph a water droplet hitting a pool of water. Well my pool of water was my kitchen sink nearly full of water with my D80 on my tripod with the head extended side ways so the 105mm lens was right on top of the water drop hitting the surface.

My daughter came over and her 2 year old little boy ran over to my tripod and before I could get over to my camera/tripod he bumped into the tripod enough to cause the tripod to tip over and dunk my lens and camera into the sink water!

I quickly removed the memory card, battery and lens and started to pat try everything. I even brought out a hair dryer and on very low heat and holding it far from the camera I kept warm air blowing on it. I could see some moisture around the lens mount, the memory card was wet when I pulled it out.

I'm just hoping the electronics didn't get wet. It's been almost 24 hours now since this happened. I haven't turned on the camera yet. Do you think it's safe to? Or is there anything else I should do prior to putting a battery back into it?

Thank you so much for any help or advice you can give!

-M

Put it in a bag of rice. The rice will absorb moisture. I know it sounds weird but it has worked on other electronics.

One of my friends had a similar accident with his Canon XSi. The only negative when it was over is that the port for the remote shutter does not work.

Good luck.

Well you did good getting the battery out right away, that is usually where people make a mistake and dont. How much water got into the body is really the question. If it was very little then I would let it dry a couple of days, using the method Bay said. If it was alot then I would wait longer.

Oh man, and I thought I had it bad with my defective memory card I'm dealing with! That sucks! Good luck with that!

Yes, definitely try the rice. We capsized our canoe last year and my husbands cell phone was in his pocket. We buried it in rice for a day and when we put the battery back it in fired right up. Good luck.

Thank you. Not to ask a dumb question, but do you have to worry about rice getting into the camera?

Mah and PaH wrote: Thank you. Not to ask a dumb question, but do you have to worry about rice getting into the camera?

That would make sense to me. I did something like that once with my old canon but it was a lake. i put it in a fire dept hose dryer fo 48 hrs, thay remove the moister from the enviorment instead of useing heat to prevent dameg to the hose, it worked and my canon still works today. Dont know if the fire dept will let you use ther dryer but if you let it dry long enogh the camera should work agin.

Mah and PaH wrote: Thank you. Not to ask a dumb question, but do you have to worry about rice getting into the camera?

If your camera can keep dust out, it can keep ourt rice. If you are worried, set it in a bowl surrounded by the rice. The desiccants (silica gel) you can buy in craft stores to dry flowers will do the same. I save those little packages that come in all electronics packages (including your camera) in a safe place (baggie in a jar) just in case I need them.

I have had my D80 in many rain storms, with no protection. My D80 and I would be soaked from head to toe. Come home, dry the camera off, and it still works today.
You be surprise how much water a camera can take.

Mah and PaH wrote: My daughter came over and her 2 year old little boy ran over to my tripod and before I could get over to my camera/tripod he bumped into the tripod enough to cause the tripod to tip over and dunk my lens and camera into the sink water!

And this is why, I do not have, nor want children.

Crystal wrote:

Mah and PaH wrote: My daughter came over and her 2 year old little boy ran over to my tripod and before I could get over to my camera/tripod he bumped into the tripod enough to cause the tripod to tip over and dunk my lens and camera into the sink water!

And this is why, I do not have, nor want children.

Baydream wrote:

Crystal wrote:

Mah and PaH wrote: My daughter came over and her 2 year old little boy ran over to my tripod and before I could get over to my camera/tripod he bumped into the tripod enough to cause the tripod to tip over and dunk my lens and camera into the sink water!

And this is why, I do not have, nor want children.

I'm trying not to smile but can't help it looking at this photo. After I grabbed the camera out and did what I could that evening, I turned around and my daughters little boy realizing something was wrong with grandma, was in the corner of room with look very similiar to this! awwwww.... I couldn't show I was disappointed. I was so caught up in the moment and didn't consider how he was perceive grandma acting like a nut to dry off her camera!

No help for a camera, but I once washed my tv remote in washing machine with bed linnen. Once I found it I thought well it's probably dead but just incase it wasn't I took out the batteries and threw it in the drier with the sheet. Afterwards put new batteries in and it worked fine. Camera would get more damage being knocked about.

This sounds stupid but it just occurred to me, what about an EXTREMELY low oven to dry it out?

Baydream wrote:

Crystal wrote:

Mah and PaH wrote: My daughter came over and her 2 year old little boy ran over to my tripod and before I could get over to my camera/tripod he bumped into the tripod enough to cause the tripod to tip over and dunk my lens and camera into the sink water!

And this is why, I do not have, nor want children.

That crying baby is only part of why I do not want kids. lol

digishutterbug wrote: No help for a camera, but I once washed my tv remote in washing machine with bed linnen. Once I found it I thought well it's probably dead but just incase it wasn't I took out the batteries and threw it in the drier with the sheet. Afterwards put new batteries in and it worked fine. Camera would get more damage being knocked about.

This sounds stupid but it just occurred to me, what about an EXTREMELY low oven to dry it out?

Anyone up for a camera cake?