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My Canon SX30IS got slightly wet in salt water. Need your advise.

Started Apr 22, 2014 | Questions thread
Dale Buhanan Veteran Member • Posts: 4,280
Re: My Canon SX30IS got slightly wet in salt water. Need your advise.
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With fresh water, you can dry it and usually save it.  But Salt water is corrosive and much worse  If salt water got into the camera body and onto any of the circuit boards, even if it dries, it will leave a salt residue behind, which is a ticking time bomb.  Mostly, cameras do not recover from salt water, but sooner or later will fail.  So, be prepared.  It all depends on whether salt water entered the main body and got on critical components.  Salt water is not covered under camera warranty repair.
So, that is the bad news... But I am wishing you best of luck.  That is a nasty thing to have happen!!

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