No photos :(

[aydin_e]

My camera just gave me the mother of all electric shocks and is now in more pieces than I'd care to count as a direct result.

I have visible burns on my left hand, too.

Nice.

Comments

[aerofox]

Sounds like what happened to a friend's linear amplifier he wanted me to repair. I forgot about the capacitors and it bit me while I was moving it to the workbench. I never thought I would be able to throw a 20 pound object so far...

sorry to hear about your camera.

[aydin_e]

Ouch! It's amazing how well your muscles work when pain is involved, eh?

[expandranon]

The flash is powered by a capacitor, and you can get a nasty sting from that if you come in contact with it. Never heard of somebody getting zapped by an intact camera, though. I'd contact the manufacturer, maybe take it back where you bought it, though your odds of getting your money back have gone down since it's all broken and smashed now. :P

[aydin_e]

It was twelve years old and far from pristine condition, anyway... The flash had been firing at maximum power for some time, with no apparent reason. My guess is that either the trigger transformer or the cap itself burnt or carbonised the inside of the casing, allowing the high voltage to track out somewhere, possibly through one of the exposed screw heads.

[snowtiger_uk]

*HUGS* poor Tiggy.

[aydin_e]

I've had worse shocks, I'll live :O

... But I'll take the hugs anyway, if you don't mind <3 *snug*

[grygon]

what kind of camera? this sounds like something the maker should be alerted to.

[aydin_e]

Samsung Digimax 210se

Ancient and faulty anyway - it had several dead pixels in the image sensor, the flash always fired at maximum power regardless of ambient light, most pictures taken under anything less than direct sunlight had red horizontal streaks and it ate a set of 4 AA cells in under 5 minutes...

I very much doubt any of these problems plague newer models!