My Sony EX1R is entirely dead after I unwisely shot in bad weather (high winds, rain and, possibly, salt spray). The camera got a bit wet. I've dried it off as best as I can. Nothing turns on whether I use a battery or mains power.

Any advice? What steps can I take to make sure it's dried out as best as possible? What shall I then do?

Make sure that any salt spray is washed off and wipe off the surface moisture , Anytime I've had a dead camera, leaving it in a ventilated, warm dry place for a couple of days usually solves it, leave the battery compartment covers open.

I've opened up everything as much as possible. You think it'll be ok after a couple of days?! Thank you for being hopeful!! Appreciated!

If all else fails. Put it in a cupboard with a 60 watt light bulb underneath to give a little heat for a few days.
In saying that I know someone who keeps his gear in a cupboard like this.

Thank you, really helpful suggestion.

Thank you guys, all ok now. Phew. Real relief.

You made a successful recovery? Outstanding!

Congrats,

Yep - thanks to people here calming me down. The camera's working perfectly now.

Suggest you still “air” it for a few days longer. Also, make sure you have some of those (lightly oven dried) silica gel sachets in your camera bag for when you do pack it away. I always have these sachets in all my kit bags and refresh them every so often.

Yes, I am going to leave it out for a few days, but good point about the silica gels, I'll have to get some of those.

This forum has all the excitement I can handle.

Andrew

Glad to hear it's working again.

Thank you and to everyone. Very helpful.

I had a complete submersion in fresh water with my first HPX170. Rushed it 2 hours away to a local repair shop. They took it apart and dried it overnight. Everything fired up ok but the lens had to be replaced at $875. The shop guy said they regularly saw this type situation and it was only the salt water ones that were not repairable.