Video: Meet the `camera whisperer` who fixes cameras nobody else can
(Digital Photography Review)

If your camera or lens goes for a swim in salt water, most service centers will just write it off as unfixable. But one man in the Philippines, known locally as the `Camera Whisperer,` won`t give up on you. In fact, he`s made a name for himself by fixing cameras nobody else wants to or can. David Hilos, 49, is a fixture in the Filipino hobbyist photography community. So much so, that Channel NewsAsia recently filmed a profile on him titled The Camera Fixer. Tinkering at a workbench in his small public housing apartment in Singapore, he charges a fraction of what the service centers charge and takes `lost causes` like the water damaged Nikon D750 you see in the video above. Or this Canon 50mm F1.2 he saved after a dip in some salt water: Check out the short documentary above to meet Mr. Hilos and watch him work. And the next time your camera takes a swim or sustains some damage that a service center tells you is beyond them, don`t just give up. Try and find your own David Hilos instead.