Not so extreme! Our sailboat engine was still warm after motoring into the
harbor we were visiting. After removing the battery (first thing after
falling into the salt water) I dunked the OM4T into a pail of fresh water
for a minute or so, then shook it out an placed it on top of the still
warm (but not hot) engine overnight. I had also disassembled it as best I
could.
Same thing was done to my Zuiko 24/2.8, but it didn't dry out as well, and
I had it cleaned and had all the aperture blades replaced because they
rusted - and is as good as new as far as I can tell.
If I had it to do over again, I would have followed the fresh water dunk
with a nice bath in a quart of vodka, to dewater it more quickly.
Of course, the vodka might have introduced quite a bit more distortion into
the pictures it made....
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> Chip wrote:
>
> " warm diesel engine drying"
>
> ??? What did you mean by this?
>
> - Placing the camera onto the asbestos of the exhaust manifold?
> (might get
> too warm) - Hanging the camera in the exhaust gas steam (too warm
> probably, but = more likely sulfur attack) - ???
>
> Could you recommend this treatment in other cases?
>
> ;-)
>
> Bernd
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