Question about Fuji FinePix E550 Digital Camera

My camera got wet. Help!!!

I forgot I had my camera sitting outside when I turned on the sprinklers. It was soaking wet after an hour or so. I took the batteries out and opened everything on the camera I could to let it dry out. After a few hours, it finally turned on, but started doing things on it's own. Is my camera now garbage? How about the images that were on the card, are they ruined too? Thanks!

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Has it dried out yet? The images on the card, as I;m sure you know, were fine.

Posted on Mar 25, 2008

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