Took the pentax w90 into a pool for the first time. normal use, after 10 minutes took it out and the buttons didnt want to function. now the green power light always remains on and the only thing the camera will do when i turn it on is automatically take a picture and freeze. noticed condensation on the inside of the glass of the view screen.

Per Evan89's remark above, on these units the "shutter" button fails in the "on" or "down" position. There are a lot of reports on the internet. As soon as you turn the camera on it charges the flash and takes one or more pictures. It won't respond to other controls because it senses that the shutter bitton is depressed. A side effect is that the battery drains quickly.
I'm looking around to see if I can order a replacement switch assembly since these cameras are easy to take apart.

the lcd screen is broken, you should replace it immediately. It effects your camera normal working. you can send it to maintance center or buy a replacement.
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Replace the battery.

Why not look in the manual to see if there are any settings you have inadvertently changed ? BTW, you don't need a tall building - knocking it off a table would probably have the same effect.

one the run time is set you have 2 options

wiat 2-10 minutes for the system to lock itself and for the second green light to come on this mean you are generating

The other method is to lock it yourself do this by once your hours appear for run time then press and hold down arrow again till beep then press and hold up arrow till beep the hour will stop flashing and in 2-10 minutes your second green light will come on

do not get frustrated with the long phone call.
Get your receipt ready and you could have a new filter in a week
CALL THEM BACK
They are good about these things
Mine arrived in 5 days no questions asked. I didnt even have to send the old one back
Keep as many parts from the old as you can especially the electro cell that is 200 bucks by itself

geeze! after reading all the little advice i could find.... i came across a picture of my camera - what it looked like brand new. and i realized that all the time i had been confused about the constant advice: "press the green button to get out of green mode". confused because my camera had no "green button"..... i didn't realize until i saw the picture of what my camera looked like new, that infact my camera did have a freakin green button! it had just been worn off over time!! and infact the button that is the "trash/delete" button..... was actually colored GREEN when i first got it!! good lord!! i hope there's someone out there that has had their pentax so long that the color-coded colored buttons have worn off..........  i feel kinda dumb, seeing as how the "green button was right in front of me the WHOLE time!!

it got wet and you are asking for help to fix it? maybe go to a nearby swimming pool, dunk it there for five hours and see if it works.

i got it!!! on my cam i hold down the menu button at the same time power on, it will showup a " ver 1.00" and lens move a little maybe u have to do it 2 times but second time it should work

I've had similar problems with my Pentax Super-A on an intermittent basis. If you haven't replaced the batteries I suggest you try that first. Not sure why, but that has sorted my problem out quite a few times (even when the existing batteries still have a fair amount of juice left in them).