I'm usually incredibly anal about checking that there is nothing compromising the seals but have to admit, on this occasion, I failed to do so. I can find nothing wrong with the camera at all but it ended up with a tide mark halfway up the LCD. Even then, if it had been fresh water there might have been a chance - pool water is catastrophic for electronics.
> On 21 May 2017 at 18:28 Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Did one of the seals fail? From what I understand seals need checked > and replaced over time. > > On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 10:15 AM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > I discovered last weekend that my WG-1 is, sadly, less W than I would have > > liked. Much puzzling over the dismantling prodecure led me to our favourite > > search engine for an hour or so, where I eventually found the following > > page. > > > > https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Pentax+Optio+WG-1+GPS+Teardown/36657 > > > > Mine is not the GPS version, so I can testify that this procedure works for > > other variants. If you want to take the front cover (the anodised metal > > thing) > > off, you need a T5 Torx driver as well as the number 0 Philips for the rest > > of > > it. My example is decidedly toasted. Not only is there corrosion on > > electronic components, a couple of the ribbon connectors disintegrated as > > they > > were disconnected. I therefore have an almost complete set of > > non-electronic > > spares for anyone who might need them. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
