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Originally uploaded by minhi.

Now underneath the mounting plate, there is rust compromising the circuit board. I think this is screwing up the camera’s logic and there might be rust underneath the board.

Looking around there is also a green rust (copper oxidation?) on the ribbon cable from the LCD, not sure if the LCD is still functional, but even if it was i think there’s no good data going to it.

I don’t know how this camera could have been saved, i wasn’t there but i have to take my sister’s word that it didn’t get directly wet. Oh well, it was a cheap camera–around $120 when i bought it a number of years ago but i hate throwing things away.

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Originally uploaded by minhi.

Under the LCD is a metal plate that the LCD mounts to, you can see in the corner that rust has moved from the LCD frame to the mounting plate. What i don’t understand is how water or moisture made it this far and then what exactly the rust is feeding off of? This plate is treated, it’s not bare metal yet rust still was able to form.

The bigger problem now is that the rust on the mounting plate has migrated to the back of the plate—which is in contact with the circuit board.

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Originally uploaded by minhi.

So my sister brings back my olympus camera (D-510, 2.1 megapixel a few years old) complaining that it was just beeping etc.

The last time it worked was right before a high speed speed boat trip (on the ocean) somewhere in thailand. I figured it got wet but she swore it was in it’s case, in her bag. So it was dry when you took it out. Well maybe it was the humidity or sea spray, but i was surprised when i opened it up.

Opening it was easy, and then i find all this rust and corrosion around the LCD frame. There is no gasket between the outer plastic case and the edges of the LCD that you see here.

I’ll dissect this picture by picture, for now notice the rust in the bottom right corner of the LCD

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Originally uploaded by minhi.

and one more with it next to an old canon bag. this canon bag is typicalled used with older rangefinders like the canonet. It’s a little to small for an SLR. It’s the perfect size for a g3 (but nothing else) since a g3 is about the same size as a canonet–just with the extendible lens.

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Originally uploaded by minhi.

here’s a shot of the bag straight on, closed.

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Originally uploaded by minhi.

i’m always looking for new bags for everything; bags for my computers, bags for my bikes, bags for walking around, and here bags for my camera. I wanted something small to carry cameras accessories, my camera (g3) and external flash. This bag just barely does it, and only if i take off the lensmate adaptor.

The bag itself is fantastic, i’ve owned bags from a lot of bag makers and crumpler makes great bags. The quality is top notch, it’s extremely over built and there are small touches like hook and loop fasteners in places you need them but never expected to look for them there. Crumpler is an australian company, and their bags are on the expensive side–i think this bag is normally $50-$60 and I paid $35 from rei-outlet.com. But clearly there is value when you pick them up.

With everything in this bag it’s pretty solid and all that ruggedness built in the bag empty it’s still heavy 🙂 !