Mamiya 7 got wet, light meter problems now

[tylerc]

I was photographing some waves this morning and a large wave came unexpected. I didn't get pulled in, but the front side of me got pretty wet. I was taking a photo when it happened.

I let everything dry over the past 7 hours. Everything looks okay except I'm now having light meter problems. Regardless of what I am looking at, my shutter or aperture it just lights up the arrow to the right and highlights my shutter speed.

Am I completely hosed? Is there any thing I can do outside of try again in the morning?

Thanks in advance!

 

[johannielscom]

The minerals in the sea water might bridge the circuitry in your camera. Electricity is better guided by salt water...

Maybe the short will be broken once the moisture evaporates, but it might also signal the beginning of corrosion.

If it starts working like it should again, I would have still it looked at in the next few months, just to make sure.

Welcome to the forum, can we have some of those wave shots once you get them?:angel:

 

[ramosa]

have insurance? either homeowner's or--much better--specific to camera items?

 

[tylerc]

Thank you for the responses! Sorry I couldn't write more, no cell service and wifi hot spots are few and slow.

It was like someone threw a huge bucket of water at me. The contacts between the lens and the camera appeared to be dry (detached 30 min after incident). The film was dry as well. This morning the lightmeter was working properly. The buttons were a little sticky. I'm assuming that was were the water got in.

So, good news is I can use the camera the rest of the trip. And seems my 43mm is all well and good. Bad news is I'll need to ship off body and lens to mamiya to be checked when I get back. Hopefully that isn't too expensive.

Thanks again for the responses!

 

[tylerc]

Thanks for all the help while I was on the road. Thankfully the light meter started working the next day. I'm back home and will be contacting Mamiya soon to see if I can send it in. Any recommendations of repair places other than Mamiya? KEH?

As requested, here is the photo of the wave coming up to get me:

 

[Chuck Albertson]

Well. you're not going to fix it on the Internet. Take it to a repair tech, pronto.

 

[tylerc]

Hah. Indeed, that is my plan. I'm in St. Louis, and of the repair shops I know (not many), I don't really trust them - which is why I think I'll be sending it off somewhere... which is why I asked if anyone recommended any beyond contacting Mamiya (i'll be contacting them on monday)