Drowned
Thursday 8th November
While in Dartmoor, I managed to drown my camera on day one. I had my small rucksack, not the waterproof one, and coupled with torrential rain the result was my camera swimming in a couple of inches of water at the bottom of the pack.
Now, I’m not talking about the big posh camera, but the little one which I don’t mind taking anywhere and dropping and … drowning. Well, I guess I did mind it drowning, but not as much as if I’d killed the 20D.
So anyway, at lunch-time today I bought a new little camera… this one will not be suffering the same fate, as you can see from the cleaning instructions:
I don’t know if it’s just paranoia, but I’m really uncomfortable with the idea of submerging a camera in a bucket of water.
It does state that I can take it to three metres for an hour if I like. But I still don’t really believe it.
sweavo
8 Nov 07 at 3:37 pm
wow, that looks quite the robust little camera. what kind is it?
Sarah
8 Nov 07 at 4:05 pm
It’s an Olympus… um… thingy. 790?
stu
8 Nov 07 at 5:01 pm
When I got salt in the lens of my little camera I gently dipped the lens only in warm water. No way I would do that again!
lordhutton
8 Nov 07 at 6:51 pm
And besides. Rain? On Dartmoor? Tchoh! You should have called in;-)
lordhutton
8 Nov 07 at 6:52 pm
Did you see “The Gadget Show” on Ch5 the other day? They boiled 3 cameras in hot volcanic lakes in Iceland and they still worked afterwards.
Rich
8 Nov 07 at 7:21 pm
The real question here is: Is it a “bucket” or a “tub” and are there goats involved?
Debster
9 Nov 07 at 12:27 am
That’s cool, but yeah, I wouldn’t risk it either - I’ve never seen instructions like that before! :]
DoGGa
9 Nov 07 at 9:48 am
give it a try and show us phoros of your experiment.
or possibly not
henry
9 Nov 07 at 10:25 am