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Originally Posted by Nick Smith  I was in the garden photographing stuff. I had my Canon EOS 40D with a SIgma 70-300mm lens extended out to 300mm on a tripod. It was quite windy, with some strong gusts. I was over by the garden pond looking for interesting subjects. I turned my back and was looking in the bushes when all of a sudden I heard a SPLOOOSH!. I looked round and there to my complete horror was my prize possession fully submerged in the pond. I quickly grabbed the tripod and hauled the camera out. To my even worse horror water started to gush out of the camera!!! What the hell should I do...???
Anyone had a similar experience? I am trying to dry the camera out. The lens was full of water and the camera has water inside...
Anguished of Suffolk!!     |
First remove the batteries, drain the water and put it somewhere warm to dry out while you phone your insurance company.
A camera dropped into the sea we were told goes straight in a bucket of clean tap water then off to the repairers, remove battery.
In either case the camera and lense is probably a write-off, sorry