Hi there!
I need some urgent advice.
I put my camera underwater during my vacation. The camera is supposed to be waterproof (10 m). I was using it at a depth of only 4m. All of sudden, I see in the display of the camera a "Memory card error" message.
I took it out of the water and realized that there were a couple of droplets in the battery/memory card compartment. Damn it. Blew the water away and in a desperate attempt to check the stability of the camera, I turned it on again. (I guess that was a bad idea, since I might have fried my memory card then).
The camera has been working fine since then. But the memory card is not readable anymore. I let it dry for a few days. I even tried with a hair drier. But no way. No phone, computer or camera recognizes the card. It's a micro SD, 8 GB.
I had around 1000 pictures of my vacation in that card. Unforgettable moments with people, incredible landscapes, beautiful shots... You guys who like photography know how bad loosing shots can be. My creativeness and imagination all gone because a camera manufacturer (in this case, Olympus) sells what they don't provide. Just annoying. :-s
In case the memory card is toasted... Do you think there's any freaking way to recover my pics?? I wish I had lost the camera instead of the pics. A camera is something you can pay with money. My shots are priceless for me.
Any advice, contact or tip will be highly appreciated.
Thanks for reading this. And keep shooting!
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/alocai
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