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01/08/2004 12:44:54 PM · #1 |
just thought i'd mention, i was out taking some shots of ice yesterday.
one spot we stopped was an overpass where the waves had been hurling over the guard rails, and there was a nice set up of icicles, and frozen bushes. I got up close and was about to snap a shot when a wave came over the wall and soaked me and the camera. ( fresh water )
i quickly wiped the outside down. Camera seems to have survived a good soaking of 33deg lake water. and i was able to use it after just a few minutes. had me a bit worried there for a few, being electronic and all, and the fact the camera was on when it got wet.
so for you all who havent dunked your $1000 camera yet. it seems it can take a bit of wetness with no probs.
also the air temp was only about 16deg F and it functioned fine all day long in that as well.
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01/08/2004 01:20:02 PM · #2 |
Sound like you got lucky.
I keep a large ziploc bag and a rubber band in my bag for conditions like that, you can poke a hole in the bag for the lens and secure it with the rubber band, then with the bag closed, the camera is protected except for the front of the lens. It's easy enough to manipulate the controls and use the viewfinder through the bag. I wouldn't go snorkeling with it, but for splashing and spray, it is pretty good.
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01/08/2004 01:25:01 PM · #3 |
yeah i could be a bit better prepared i suppose.
its kind of a hassle using the ziploc bag, i have done that in the past.
but i suppose a bit of a hassle -vs $1000 is worth it.
it was kind of funny because i was looking through the camera when it got splashed, and when the water hit the lense, and me standing on shear ice i tipped over backwards... |
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01/08/2004 05:59:53 PM · #4 |
here is one of the shots just before the waves got me.
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01/08/2004 06:07:08 PM · #5 |
| my latest solution is to appropriate shower caps whenever I stay at a hotel... |
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01/08/2004 06:15:21 PM · #6 |
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01/08/2004 06:31:27 PM · #7 |
I was carring my Canon 300D in my bag, and my IPOD!! managed to break the screen.. It still works, but the screen is broken, I will send my camera to service..
Poor stuff.. :-(
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01/08/2004 06:39:15 PM · #8 |
ugh
old clothing to pad equipment seems to work alright if the bag does not have velcro pads, or its not a camera bag.
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01/08/2004 09:44:48 PM · #9 |
Wowsa - you got lucky. I'd have been mortified and probably freaked if that had happened. I'm glad to hear no damage was done! :-)
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01/08/2004 09:55:31 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by terje:
I was carring my Canon 300D in my bag, and my IPOD!! managed to break the screen.. It still works, but the screen is broken, I will send my camera to service..
Poor stuff.. :-( |
Your taking it well..
Sorry for your bad luck. Let us know how repair with Canon goes. |
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01/08/2004 10:43:59 PM · #11 |
you lucky lucky man!
best not make a habit of that ;) |
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01/08/2004 11:19:45 PM · #12 |
Afer reading this post, not heeding common sense, nor learning from what I had read, I decided to go see what Lake Michigan was doing, so I went for a walk on the pier. Nearly fell in, but I got some interesting photos.
   
Message edited by author 2004-01-08 23:24:57.
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01/08/2004 11:29:48 PM · #13 |
My own not-quite-so-expesive water mishap over the holidays:
Visiting my wife's family, we had gone out and tried to shoot a family picture (turned out to be quite an ordeal with this family, but that's another story...), and after downloading them to my sister-in-law's computer and selecting a few, I copied some back to my 256mb compact flash card and went to Wal-Mart to get prints. After I was done I put the card in that little change pocket in my jeans so it wouldn't get banged around with the other stuff in my pocket. Later that afternoon, we had to do laundry to get ready for the next leg of our trip, so I emptied my pockets and put my jeans in the wash. Of course, I didn't check the little change pocket, which I never use. About 15 minutes into the cycle I realized what I had done, and fished the card out of the bottom of the washing machine, since it had fallen out of the pocket - it had been totally immersed in the swishing water for 15 minutes in ice-cold water. I towel dried it and stuck it in the card reader on the computer and was able to read files from it, but when I tried to take pictures with it, the camera started throwing up errors. I tried a couple of things that night, but couldn't get the camera to work with it, so the next day I got a couple of new cards (I needed at least one more anyway).
Here's the amazing part. Later that afternoon, testing the new cards, I stuck the washed one in the camera, just to see. And it worked like a charm. While I haven't filled it up, I've been able to take a dozen or so pictures plus some video clips, without a hitch. So it seems, CF cards can take a soaking and, once dried out sufficiently, keep on clicking. (Appologies to Timex.) |
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01/08/2004 11:47:47 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by ScottK:
...So it seems, CF cards can take a soaking and, once dried out sufficiently, keep on clicking. (Appologies to Timex.) |
I also soaked one of my old 128MB Lexars, same scenario, left in a pocket. It went through entire wash cycle. Dried it, blew out the connector with dust-off, it's still working. Happened about a year ago.
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01/09/2004 12:09:07 AM · #15 |
| Wow Spazmo. Those are absolutely stunning. Congratulations! |
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