From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!G:cliff Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Title: Re: drying out cameras and lenses Article-I.D.: populi.250 Posted: Thu Jul 22 08:42:24 1982 Received: Sun Jul 25 16:01:54 1982 A friend of mine once dropped a lens in a large body of water, and his first step was to put the thing in the freezer to keep the rust from happening quickly. This seemed rather extreme to me, but he was able to get the thing in to a camera shop about a week later and the lens was ok, although never quite the same. This sounds about as crazy as putting the thing in boiling water... -Cliff ucbvax!g:cliff