Camera Disaster!!

[nightshade]

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

[Y Ddraig Goch]

I had a something similar happen to me about a year ago appart for me it was the rain and a 400D, my insurance sounds like it covers the same as yours and not only did I get a new camera a 450D but they also included the 17-85mm canon lense. So give the insurance a go.

Well good luck

[PMG]

Husbands 20D took an unsheduled dip in the River Hayle 18 months or so ago with a brand new 150 macro attached ...........

It was agony at the time (fortunately the end of the hols by two days not the begining....) We dried it out but it remained stoically dead ......... very fortunately the CF card downloaded all his pictures without a hitch ........

Insurance paid up to the tune of a replacement (which meant an upgrade to a 40D the lucky sod!) and another new 150 macro, plus £120 towards the price of a new Benbo tripod - the failure of which caused the whole incident Smiles all round in the end but not funny during .........

Pauline

[Red Squirrel]

Reading through this thread made me wonder and check my own camera insurance. Only covered up to £500.
Sought quotes on line which were £130 - £250. Rang our house insurer and it's cost just under £14 for full cover both at home and away.
Thanks to all for bringing this to my attention.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by PMG

Husbands 20D took an unsheduled dip in the River Hayle 18 months or so ago with a brand new 150 macro attached ...........

It was agony at the time (fortunately the end of the hols by two days not the begining....) We dried it out but it remained stoically dead ......... very fortunately the CF card downloaded all his pictures without a hitch ........

Insurance paid up to the tune of a replacement (which meant an upgrade to a 40D the lucky sod!) and another new 150 macro, plus £120 towards the price of a new Benbo tripod - the failure of which caused the whole incident Smiles all round in the end but not funny during .........

Pauline

Hope he got some new PANTS out of it too...