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 p.1 #6 · Dissected my dead 20D...with photos! | |
Hey DR. Thanks for the kind words. I plan on taking more shots of the final deconstruction, hopefully this weekend. There aren't many pieces left for me to remove at this point. I think the next step is to start snipping off the ribbon cables and get better shots of the mirror box and eyepiece area. Once I add more shots to the gallery I'll re-post here.
I like the idea of all the parts laid out. That will have to be once I'm 100% done, however. The way I currently have things organized, I have one zip-lock bag corresponding to each page of the PDF Parts Catalog (with exploded view) that I used as a disassembly guide. (That way, I know where each part goes back into the mix. I did that thinking that I *might* want to try to reassemble it at some point. I think I've gotten beyond that now).
As for how it happened/how long it took for the damage to set in...
The camera was in my hand when I slipped on a rocky part of the beach (on my honeymoon, no less!). My arm took the impact, but my hand/lower arm and bottom of the camera splashed down into a tide pool/puddle. The only part of the camera that actually got wet was the bottom, mainly on the battery side. The water didn't get as high as the bottom of the LCD, and I'm still using the kit lens that was attached at the time of the "incident".
Less than an hour after it happened, I took it to the hotel, pulled off everything I could (battery, settings battery, lens, CF card) and put the whole thing on the counter to dry. I left it there for days. This, I think, was my downfall. I believe things would have been better had I put it in a bucket of fresh water and left it before sending it to Canon.
-gary
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