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My Zeiss took a swim in fresh running water this morning for about 5 or so seconds - attached to a D800E.
Whilst I can accept the fact the Nikon is likely to be kaput, what's the chance of the lens surviving?
It has hardly any water in it to be fair, a couple of very small drops - I've placed it in a Tupperware full of rice and maximised the aperture blades.
Will Zeiss clean it if I ask?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
You've done the right thing to minimise damage.
The drops may leave drying marks so a clean may be in order, and since the Zeiss is not a cheap lens it probably is worth professional cleaning.
 
I hope you took the battery out of the Nikon and started it on a drying regime too? Leave it for at least a week before trying it.
 
Get them in a sealed bag of rice or Silica in a warm area and hope :)

Fingers crossed for you
 
The lens should survive. It has no electronics whatsoever, so nothing really for the water to damage. It might need an internal clean but that shouldn't be terribly expensive.
 
RichieTee dunked his Zeiss in salt water in Iceland earlier this year. Pretty sure he had it sorted by Zeiss.
 
StewartR said:
The lens should survive. It has no electronics whatsoever, so nothing really for the water to damage. It might need an internal clean but that shouldn't be terribly expensive.
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I think there are some electronics for controlling the aperture and for focus confirmation - but i'll check!
 
My 5DII and 24 TSE II went swimming after my tripod blew over in a gust; just fresh water and less than 30s underwater.
The TSE is a manual lens, but has electronics to drive the aperture.

No evidence of water inside, so I opened everything up and left in front of a dehumidifier for two days.
After two days the 5DII on/off switch locked solid; body was written off.
The lens is supposed to be weather sealed, but must have got water inside as later in the week I tried using it and it internally fogged very quickly.
I sent the lens to Canon who replaced the electronics and re-calibrated the optics.
It's an expensive lens, so it was worth repairing. The bill was less that I was expecting, but still a reasonable amount of money.

In stormy weather I now spread the tripod legs wider than normal; this isn't going to happen again!
 
I've spoken with a suitable experienced engineer who specialises in servicing, cleaning, etc, camera equipment.
Reckons its going to be around the 40 quid mark to strip it, clean it and return, so hopefully all will be well.
 
NeilA1975 said:
I've spoken with a suitable experienced engineer who specialises in servicing, cleaning, etc, camera equipment.
Reckons its going to be around the 40 quid mark to strip it, clean it and return, so hopefully all will be well.
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Well if thats 'all' it costs and fingers crossed it is, then thats good news. Hope it's as new when it's back
 
Well a bit of a surprise this morning - the camera's been drying out for the last couple of days or so (although still unclear how much water had actually penetrated it), however I decided to stick a battery in it this morning.
I get an 'ERR' message on the top screen, but the shutter is stuck open in LV mode as that's what it was in when it got dunked.
The rear LCD works fine, it beeps when setting beeping volume, you can preview images, set the menus etc.
Wondering whether I should send it to Nikon for an estimate to fix???

Opinions appreciated!
 
minnnt said:
For £40 i guess it's worth it but I'd be tempted to give it a whirl anyway. :LOL:
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£40 for the lens, £65 for a service which I'll do just to be sure its OK.
It works just fine, taken a few images already with it. Couldn't have been that wet.
 
Honestly, I don't know if I'd bother servicing the D800E. It works now, it will quite likely die at some point later unless your fresh water is *very* clean... I highly doubt a £65 service is going to disassemble/clean the circuits/etc as would be required to prevent/minimize the potential of later failure. But if you just want a basic/general cleaning...
 
sk66 said:
Honestly, I don't know if I'd bother servicing the D800E. It works now, it will quite likely die at some point later unless your fresh water is *very* clean... I highly doubt a £65 service is going to disassemble/clean the circuits/etc as would be required to prevent/minimize the potential of later failure. But if you just want a basic/general cleaning...
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Water was very clean fresh rainwater.
Spoken to the service man who will service, inspect and advise if any further work is required based on the severity of the water penetration.
 
Do you notice any water marks in the interior of the camera?
If water got in, I'd say at least in the mirror, viewfinder, etc. should have some sings of it.

I really hope you're luck with it.
 
PitaDaVespa said:
Do you notice any water marks in the interior of the camera?
If water got in, I'd say at least in the mirror, viewfinder, etc. should have some sings of it.

I really hope you're luck with it.
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Nope all is clear!
 
Still going ahead with the service though as I have no idea how much water managed to get in. Just hope the Zeiss is ok.
 
Sell it quick!!
















THIS IS A JOKE
 
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