Couloirman 0 #1 November 19, 2007 So I bought a disposable Ilford B+W camera and lanyarded it to a hook inside my pocket the other day, to avoid dropping it. The plan was to open high on a 5K hop and pop with no other canopies in the sky and get some cool pics of spiraling under canopy with mountains in the background for a photo class I am in. I took the pics and everything was fine. When I was developing the pics, I could feel some gunk(yes, this is a scientific term) on the film and wondered what the hell it was all about. When I went out into the light I could see that the camera body was covered in battery acid on the inside and the film was irrecoverable. Why did this happen? Condensation from rapid temp and pressure change?(wasnt in freefall for very long, hopped, and popped) If so, what is different about peoples digi cams that makes the batteries not prone to do this? Is it just type of battery ie:cheap disposable camera batt v. nice rechargeable Li ion batt? Thanks for any help in advance. Would like to do this again, but am reluctant to take my point and shoot out for this if it will maybe get ruined. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 2 #2 November 19, 2007 I´ve jumped with regular batteries before - in my gps - never had problems. Methinks you just had a bad battery there? I would go for a decent brand next time, duracell or similar, I had some cheapo batteries either not work very well or break like yours, but in tv remotes etc. ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
