Heh, great story Doug! Bolexes are tough as nails aren’t they? I’m surprised the zoom survived bouncing off the rocks. It was many weeks before I was able to send it to a technician, though lenses came back looking new. Hair dryers effective 😄 I think with that Bolex experience many years ago, I must have dried it out in the Afghan sun. As you say, it needs to be dealt with by a technician.

It wasn't salt water, thankfully, but it was submerged completely for a moment in the water, and I think water has gotten everywhere. I'm definitely going to send it to a technician asap. I'm not familiar with that camera though, so only giving generic advice. Usually the advice there is to immediately dunk the equipment in fresh water, and then send it straight to a technician. It wasn't salt water was it? That would definitely require an immediate overhaul. If the camera had any electrical power when you dunked it (even just a battery fitted) there could be some component damage, but you don't want to turn anything on to check until it's quite dried out. But if it was only brief perhaps water didn't get in very far? The problem can be that water trapped in small spaces may be hard to completely evaporate away and can eventually corrode or stain. If it's something you value I would probably send it to a technician to be disassembled and dried out properly, and any water stains on optics cleaned.

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