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

Started Apr 22, 2014 | Questions thread
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Re: My Canon SX30IS got slightly wet in salt water. Need your advise.

I'd tend to agree that the camera is likely unsavable now but one suggestion I'd make is try rinsing it out in fresh water. This is generally the advice I see given for salt water immersion as the real killer isn't the moisture but rather the salt which it sounds like may have gotten into your camera, even when the camera is dry it'll carry on damaging the electronics.

Take any battery or memory card out, leave the access doors open and then rinse in fresh running water for a good long time. Then dry the camera as best you can(without over heating it) and place it in a box with silica dry packs(those little bags that good are often packaged with) for a few days. The when your sure its as dry as possible try using it again.

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