Dsc-T1 Survived a Waterfall..... I Think.

[stpaul216612]

Cheers everyone,
This is my first post on this intruiging site, and I am afraid that it is quite a tricky one. I will get right to the problem at hand. While taking some shots of a local waterfall with my newly acquired Rebel XT, somehow I managed to dump both myself and my girlfriend over a 10 foot embankment into the churning waterfall. My dsc-T1 was in the pocket of my coat, and got a little soggy. I pulled the battery right away, and when I got home and dried off, I disassembled it to give it a better chance at drying out. Much to my suprise, after a few days of drying I reassembled it and it worked. Sort of. Everything about the menus, lcd display, flash, everything seems to work, but the pics taken come up black. I tried new Mstick, nothing. I think the culprit is a small plunger like part that fell out of the camera while I was disassembling it. I scratched my head for days trying to figure out what part of the camera this little guy came from. I am going to attach a couple pics. If anyone has a suggestion on where to stick this badboy, please enlighten me.

[goosebahr]

That pin lines up the lens assy. I'm pretty sure you could run the camera without it and may never tell what the deal was. Try a website called pechorin.com look for a fella named thomas d he sells LCDs on his site and you can find some info on it. Sounds like you are screwed as house cat good luck though.

[stpaul216612]

Thanks for the advice on the pin. I am not at home now, but as soon as I get there, Im gonna try it out. I should have more clear in describing my probs with the camera. Everything works fine including the lcd veiwfinder, the playback, etc.except when take a photo, it records only darkness. I will take a look at that other site you mentioned. Thanks a million.
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