D700 went for a swim

[shane_mckenzie]

<p>So my D700 which I use as a 2nd body to my D4 went for a swim in some pretty muddy water on the weekend. Fully submerged for about 4 secs with a 70-200 2.8 VRII on it.<br>

The camera powers on and takes pictures but it hunts for focus and metering is stuck, i.e. it doesn't change regardless of the scene.<br>

Surprisingly the mirror box is is pretty clean and nothing is on the sensor. I cleaned the contacts and blew air onto the autofocus mirror (it looked clean anyway). I've done a two button reset and tried numerous lenses. <br>

Just wondering if anyone else had any other suggestions?</p>

[erik_christensen3]

<p>You say the camera takes pictures was that with the 70-200mm or another lens. Did you try other lenses on the D700, just to find out if it is the camera or the lens, which fails?</p>

[shane_mckenzie]

<p>The 70-200 is in a bad way, lots of debris and water residue in the elements- it arrived at Nikon today. We'll see how well NPS works.<br>

As mentioned, I've tried numerous lenses. They all have the focus hunt issue when attached to this body. From googling around its not unusual for the metering and focus system to go when dealing with water damage.<br>

Honestly I think I've exhausted all options, but you never know :)</p>

[shane_mckenzie]

<p>I should add, the camera will take a picture and it will be in focus if done manually. It won't be exposed properly mind as the metering is stuck.</p>

[Wouter Willemse]

<p>My guess would be that there still is residue debris covering the light meter and the AF module; if I am not mistaken (but I could very well be!!) they're in the viewfinder, and I doubt it'll be easy to clean that yourself. Another option indeed is that the water fried the circuits.</p>

[User_4754088]

<p>I'd send it in to Nikon service. I have the same set up as you (D4 w/D700 back up). My D700 is five years old. Noticed it wasn't hitting focus as well as my D4 and a few other little things. Just had Nikon service it and it's like a whole new camera. Now it can run with the D4 in most regards (save high ISO).<br>

<br />I don't think there is any way, unless you're a camera technician with access to the Nikon computer they use to set up the cameras, that you can fix something like a muddy lake submersion by yourself.</p>

<p>Good luck with getting it back up and running.</p>

<p>Best,<br>

-Tim</p>

[simon_platt1]

<p>Hi Shane<br>

I know it is too late to tell you this now but in future if you have a camera that has clearly got badly wet then you should remove the batteries immediately and not try to use it until its been checked over. Conduction across ciruits through any water inside can easily lead to major damage in only a short period of time.</p>

<p>Simon</p>