Camera + Rain = No good?

MiniMan13

MiniMan13

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So, a friend of mine (Who i will not name) somehow left his camera outside, unprotected on one of the very few days it rains in Southern California. The FX7 no longer turns on, but its under accidental warranty with Sammys camera. So he gave them a rang, and it turns out that Rain damage is not covered, but just about everything else is (Saleswoman said tripping with the camera in your hand is covered 100%). So now he is in a big bind, and his poor FX7 is not functional.
Any Ideas?
 
This might sound ridiculous, but you can try some things:

a) pay for sony repair (ouch!)

b) Get a hair drier and blow the heck out of the thing to see if its because of humidity between the electrical parts that's preventing it to turn on. (it can, maybe, still work- it didn' actually got submersed in water, did it?)

If a) is too expensive, and b) doesn't work, than maybe Justin's option is the way to go....

Option C is to open the screws from the camera, but that would probably compromise lens alignment, etc, so I wouldn't go there.
 
Rick Meyer said:
So much for 'honesty is the best policy'.
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Honesty IS the best policy, regardless.
Might have been fine had he let it dry out thoroughly and not tried to turn it on. He could pack it up in dessicant bags for a month and see what happens but chances are that applying power to a wet or damp circuit board (or switch) shorted something out.
 
I hate to say it, but . . .

Why would someone who left his camera outside, unprotected, in the rain, EXPECT to get it replaced or repaired without paying for it?

Seems completely unreasonable to me.
 
gco said:
Honesty IS the best policy, regardless.
Might have been fine had he let it dry out thoroughly and not tried to turn it on. He could pack it up in dessicant bags for a month and see what happens but chances are that applying power to a wet or damp circuit board (or switch) shorted something out.
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The things that say do not eat on them?
 
you might get lucky if you rinse the electronics with 90% isopropyl and dry them with air before applying power. I did this successfully with my $$ PDA cell phone once when it went swimming with me. the secret is to get all the conductive residue out of the circuits. careful what you wash though. don't want to be removing lubrication from the transport mechanism...
 
Yeah, why can't he accidently trip and fall into a swimming pool, or lake? That's a TOTAL accident and if he's covered by that, he should be covered by this. I don't know about anymore, because he already told them it was rain...but, maybe he might get a different salesperson or manager and try that?

-Kegan
 
Kegan Sant said:
Yeah, why can't he accidently trip and fall into a swimming pool, or lake? That's a TOTAL accident and if he's covered by that, he should be covered by this. I don't know about anymore, because he already told them it was rain...but, maybe he might get a different salesperson or manager and try that?

-Kegan
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Im not sure how moral it is:engel017:, but he did get the accidental coverage, so he could have tripped in a large puddle ... :-P
 
yea just hope he gets a different sales person. hopefully it all works out for him, losing a camera like that would just suck
 
The bottom line is whether or not leaving it out in the rain qualifies as an "accident" as defined within the terms of the insurance policy. If at first you get a "no" you can certainly appeal. On the other hand, attempting to misrepresent facts in order to find new qualification under the policy terms is fraud.
Walk carefully.
 
Very interesting all the various scruples that are being unearthed in people here... quite revealing.... ;)
 
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