This has no car photography content, but I thought I’d share it anyway. Diver Markus Thompson recovered this salt bitten Canon EOS Rebel XS from beneath a wharf in Deep Bay, DC. He recovered the memory card from the badly corroded body, dried it out and loaded it into a card reader. Despite the salty environment, the images were intact and using Google+ he was able to make contact with the camera’s original owner, a Canadian firefighter who’d been on holiday with his family. Whilst I’m sure the poor Canon was past it’s best, Markus was able to salvage the holiday shots of the man and his family, plus he now has a nice desk ornament…
I’m sure you all know that CF cards can survive underwater, but I have to say that I’m surprised that it still held images and worked after twelve months in salt water. I suppose you’re wondering the card manufacturer. It’s a San Disk Extreme. Apt name, I think.
An Underwater Camera. Bet You’re Glad it’s Not Yours
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That’s pretty amazing for a non-waterproof camera. I was thinking that I was lucky as my dear son lost my GoPro HD in the sea in Connecticut this summer. It rolled around in the surf for 3 days before someone found it, saw my sticky address label I stick to all equipment (there’s a lesson there) and rang me. I got it back a week later. The camera was still watertight and all the footage came off the card fine. The casing looked like it had been stuck in a tumble drier for ages, but after replacing the lens cover, it is working beautifully again.
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