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Would you consider an a6000 once dropped in water?

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Thanks, fun memory for sure. Not sure I would trust it to do any thing very important except bring back a smile.
 
larrytusaz said:
This is one heck of a coincidence. Last week on vacation on July 28th, which was last Friday, 6 days ago (and your thread was started 6 days ago), my Sony A6000 kit, which I got for $450 two years ago, fell in the water while I was on vacation. I was BEYOND ticked off. I had it in a Lowepro Dashpoint 30 and went exploring a local river and the rocks were slick with moss. Wait, hold on--I still had not dropped the camera, I put the camera, which was in the case which was attached to a fanny pack working as a belt, off to the side specifically because I feared it could fall into the water, I was taking steps to avoid it. I put it where I put it, came back about half an hour later, and it had fallen into the water from the side and had been immersed for heaven knows how long.

I was beyond furious, so much so I removed the battery and memory card and threw the A6000 out the window at highway speeds. I actually cursed God out saying "you could have stopped it" and "I put it off to the side, I was taking steps to avoid that very thing, and you can't help me out just that little bit? How worthless are you!!" I also have a Sony A5000 but no other kit lens so it was worthless on the trip and given where I was I couldn't quickly grab a 16-50 or 18-55 or Sigma 19mm. My wife had a Nikon D3100 DSLR kit , I got it about 2 months ago for all of $145, and I used that for the rest of the trip while letting her use my "junk" Sony A230 which I typically use for "silly pics."

Look it up, the D3100 is hardly an awful camera but its sensor scores are a good deal below the A6000 and the A5000, and I was so furious I almost had us leave and return home early. If I had it to do over again I guess maybe enclosing it in a Ziploc bag would've made a difference (the whole case).
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Gosh, Larry... could be time for an anger management class.
 
Frankly, you should be angry at yourself or not at all. In any case, if on a vacation I'd still would have given it a try with a hair blower instead of throwing it out into the countryside. Man, have you never heard of proper recycling?
 
vivaldibow said:
From a local ad, an A6000 was asked for $300. The seller was very candid to tell me that two months ago the camera was dropped in 1' water and was taken out immediately, air-dried for a week and put in rice for three days.
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Honest seller apparently :).
vivaldibow said:
So far the camera has behaved normal. If you were me, would you consider the a6000 in such a condition? Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
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I might consider an a6000 in that condition but not for that price. Unless the camera's internals are cleaned properly, it's not unlikely that the camera will fail in a few months or maybe in two or three years.
 
cxsparc said:
Frankly, you should be angry at yourself or not at all. In any case, if on a vacation I'd still would have given it a try with a hair blower instead of throwing it out into the countryside. Man, have you never heard of proper recycling?

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Sorry for hijacking the guy's thread, but why should I be angry at myself? Having encountered slick conditions, I removed it. I put it to the side, makes sense to me. I didn't feel like I put it IMMEDIATELY to the edge of the river yet at the same time I couldn't put it a LONG distance from the side else it would've become lost in the brush. Short of walking 10-odd minutes each way back to the car (assuming I didn't fall down prior to getting to the side doing that), what else could I have done? (The only thing I can think of is MAYBE having a waterproof case or a Ziploc bag.)

I'm angry because having done all that it shouldn't have fallen in, if it takes magic or St Anthony or that sort of thing then so be it. You do all that, it should be a given that nothing goes wrong. Seriously. It's just nigh impossible to accept either (a) that I should have to do dramatically more work than that to prevent a mishap because that's just too much work for a person to have to do for nothing more than that or (b) that "things just happen."
 
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I wouldn't consider it man.

Especially at that price, which I feel that heavily discounted. Sony doesn't have the best reputation for repairs yet, so if that camera fails on you in a month, two, or three, you're going to be out of a camera again. And if you happen to be in the middle of vacation or some important event you're photographing, you're going to be kicking yourself.

Props to the seller for being honest though. Good on him/her.

I suppose I would possible consider it for a lower price and only if it were going to be a secondary or tertiary backup camera.
 
Smoothmoose said:
No - I wouldn't buy it for anything more than $50. You can get used A6000 for similar and new ones go on sale a couple times a year - I got mine during the holiday sales for $400 and got free SD card and Sony bag to boot.

Now - my wet camera story. On my honeymoon - I only had a Sony DSC-TX10 P&S. It was a waterproof, shockproof camera....which I did drop a few times and then subsequently took to the water snorkeling into the depths of the Indian Ocean. Guess what - plastic shockproof camera isn't so drop-proof, which subsequently negates the waterproof feature.

The SD card was fine, and the camera was able to turn on, the LCD just displayed jibberish. I figured what the heck - mind as well try to rinse off with fresh water at least it has a fighting chance vs. getting corroded by the saltwater.

Came back from my honeymoon and forgot about it for awhile. Maybe a month later and unpacking - tried the camera - LCD displayed the menu - but heck everything was a shade of hot pink! Tried taking a photo - but gibberish showed up on the SD card.

Forgot about it again for another few months checked back again and the same result.

Then about a month ago (4 years since passed), I'm digging through some boxes and find the old Sony TX10. Turned it on - NOTHING...DEAD. I thought it was about time to chuck it, but in my brilliance, I did come to realize after 4 years the battery is dead. Found the charger - charged it up. Hit the power button....and....

VOILA...It's ALIVE...LCD displays everything normally - no funky colors. Took a picture...and guess it what...it works...can download the JPEG and it looks fine! WHAT? A miracle just happened?

Now it's time for me to hit Ebay and see what I can fetch for this? Nah...this cameras got memories...not just the photos from my honeymoon, but the trail and tribulations for survival. I give the camera that. Sony TX10...you're a fighter.
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Should definitely keep it!
 
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