Hurricane Isabel Strikes

[graupel]

HI-

Good job with this forum...a lot of information...

I have a question regarding moisture affecting digital cameras. A few weeks ago, I was checking out Hurricane Isabel along a coastal area and was taking some pics with my Powershot A40. I've loved this camera until it stopped working, with it's last pictures of the raging tidewaters during the storm. The camera failed a day or so after that, so it's got to be due to sea moisture killing the circuit board, right? The thing is, I was careful when taking the pictures, trying to shield it from the spray (which was very little, and it was not raining at all) so I am really suprised that this bit of water fried the camera. Is this common with all digital cameras, or is it more common with this model? Or both? Is there any way to easilly repair the camera myself? It died about a month after the warranty expired, and by the way, the technical support guy at Canon was pretty much a butt about it.

Thanks for your help!

[Conk]

From what you've explained I would say it is co-incidental that your camera gave up. Unfortunately your warrenty is expired or I would send it in without mention of taking pictures in a storm. Get your quote on how much it would be to fix then go from there.

[sstinman]

Remember if you bought the camera witha better credit card they may have automatically extended the manufacture's warranty by another year.

I have an American Express Gold card and a couple of other Visas and MCs that do it it automatically and without addititonal fees.

[stopbath]

sstinman wrote:
Remember if you bought the camera witha better credit card they may have automatically extended the manufacture's warranty by another year.

I have an American Express Gold card and a couple of other Visas and MCs that do it it automatically and without addititonal fees.
An extended warranty is fine for stuff that happens to be under warranty (failure due to construction, or material.)

Putting the camera in wet, hot, dirty, dusty, or otherwise dangerous conditions is not a warranty issue since it is damage caused by outside forces.

If the damage from condensation is severe, think about just getting a new camera. Olympus makes water resistant compact digital cameras.

[lcfred]

Hi, sorry Graupeu but can you sent some of your last picts with the camera???

[pradeep1]

Unless you really got some salt water inside the camera, it might be another problem which migh be cheaper to fix...maybe a blown capacitor or something. Do what one poster suggested and get an estimate without telling them about the salt water incident. You may get a more sane quote that way.

Regards,