You are what you drink and, if you are like me, you drink a variety of refreshments. Soft, fizzy and alcoholic. Coffee, tea, cocoa. It all goes down well and tastes just swell.

But fluids and delicate electronic equipment do not mix. Don't just take my word for it, ask my best mate who managed to somehow drop his four megapixel compact into the sea. He doesn't remember how it happened but he does remember that the sea in question was the Pacific.

As you can tell, he was a bit of a joker but the joke was on him when his four megapixel pride and joy still recorded the same number of megapixels but they were all in colours and brightnesses that were never in the original scene.

Now, picture a cappuccino in the same way as the Pacific Ocean. Not as cold, of course, and there was always too much salt in the Pacific for my taste. But, spill the coffee on your camera and you could end up like my mate.

True, most cameras are resistant to a bit of moisture. After all, they don't have gap

ing holes scattered all over their bodies. But they do have joints and compartments and bits that open and bits that move and turn and twist. And the laws of physics states that coffee will get everywhere especially if you don't want it to.

So, just be a bit careful with what you drink and where you drink it. Keep your delicate electronic wizardry out of the way. Well out of the way...

... especially if it's alcohol you're consuming.

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