Help - DVX went for a swim

It was a fresh water lake and yes it was on went it and I went in. Slipped off a dock while getting in a boat.. very embarrassing. I have another camera so all is not lost. I imagine the Rode NG-2 is toast that was on it. Thank god that I didn't have my firestore or SGpro adapter on as well. Oh and I did this in front of 600 people.....
 
lol...i had to laugh i'm sorry. but that really sucks...i'm glad ur other stuff wasnt on it also and that u have another cam. lets hope the couple days of drying works out.
 
Thanks Man... I've never seen so many sad faces...... I'm laughing inside because at least I can talk about it. Could have been allot worse like hitting my head on the dock or boat. Let's hope it works after a few days of heat in the florida sun.
 
I feel u on the head hittin part. dont go burning it out now...just let it airdry naturally, room temp.
 
Sorry to hear about that, MoodHairBoy.

This has to make it to the list of the world's greatest ways to kill a camera. Ranks up there with the snowboarder camera blowing the LCD off last year.


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i really want to put that first post in my signature, pure hilarity regardless of the situation

but as stated, rice does the trick, or those little packets that are in shoes. Leave the tape deck open for a few days and let some moisture evaporate.
 
Hate to say it but I had 2 DVX100s that got slightly wet when I had a flood in my garage 3 years ago. They were completely lost. I was fortunate that I had insurance to cover them.

Good luck, though.
 
good luck brother.. that really does suck.. keep us updated if it ends up working!!
(not like I wanna take mine for a swim) lol
 
assuming you mean submerged when you say "went for a swim", you need to get that thing into a service center asap. I would think the only hope would be in disassembling that thing to get it cleaned and dried out.
 
Can anyone recommend a good service center? I'm in florida - however, I have no problem shipping the camera somewhere out of state.

It went for a swim..... as did I.
 
Sorry I didn't see this sooner, and sorry for your dunk.
If I had this problem I'd be thinking about how dirty the water might have been; silt, algae, fish poo, etc. Just thinking about that stuff which is not going to evaporate...
If the cam is still wet you could rinse it out with a gentle flow of distilled water. It isn't likely to make it worse.
 
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