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Anyone here have some insight into the electronics/innards of a camera and servicing it? Background. My 3 month old X-T30 camera fell off of my tripod by Bass Harbor Light in August, lens first (which got the worst of it) and both the lens and camera got a somewhat wet partially in a puddle. I didn't want to use that lens anyway, and the camera itself seemed to survive the fall and I didn't think it had gotten too wet, so I kept on shooting with it, which was I'm sure, my biggest mistake besides mistracking it in the tripod. Anyway, the camera worked the rest of the sunset shoot, though some of the buttons weren't working right, but I was able to continue to shoot with a different lens and the pictures came out great. The next day though, the camera would operate but was still behaving a bit wonky like the night before. HOWEVER: while I could take pictures with it, and see them on the back screen, nothing was being saved to the SD card. So I gave it the royal rice treatment for a number of days, figuring the buttons or the circuit board must have some moisture on it. Question. Anyway, it never recovered and I sent it to Fujifilm. The estimate all included was in the $500's though...and I asked them what needed to be fixed. They said: "The front const will be replaced which includes the front housing, shutter and CCD." Anyway, they've been nice and I'm tempted to fix it, but it seems weird what they say needs to be replaced given that I would guess it's either the SD interface or something on one of the circuit boards. Are the innards all one piece? Why would the CCD and shutter need to be replaced? Again, besides acting wonky on the buttons, the only "photographic" symptom was that no photos were being saved to the memory card. I'm contemplating scrapping it, or taking it to a local shop for a second opiinion. Any thoughts? (I still have my X-T1, and I just bought an X-H1 for the great sale price, but I did love the small size of the X-T30) Thanks in advance for any info on repairs...