P3D Camera Protection

[Bill Costa -- Network Info Srvs <bill.costa@xxxxxxx>]

       Dr. George A. Themelis recently posted in part:

>  I recalled the story when I 
> lost my balance and fell into the water (up to the knees), dropping 
> the TEMBA with the RBT S1 and Duplex, digital light meter, etc... 
> into the water... In the few seconds it took me to recover, grab the 
> bag and pull it out of the water the bag was half into the water but 
> no water had leaked into the camera compartment... Terrified by the 
> thought of a wet RBT S1, I am sure glad I was carrying a good camera 
> bag with me!!!

      Gives me the willies just thinking about it!  On a recent SCUBA
      trip I was being taken to shore with two friends in a small boat
      to do some beach combing.  As we came onto the beach, a wave
      washed up the back knocking my friend into the surf with his
      Cannon FTb1 around his neck.  It was in its every ready case.  I
      grabbed the camera within a second or two and held it up out of
      the surf.  Opening up the case the outside of the camera had
      droplets of water on it, but it didn't look like it had been
      drenched -- just a bit of spashed.  We dried it off and took
      pictures with it on the beach.  But when he got it back to the
      boat and removed the film, it became apparent that had become
      much wetter than we thought and by then the camera was no longer
      functioning.

      It was all so quick -- the camera being splashed and pulled out.
      I really thought I had been quick enough.  But it just goes to
      show you that water damage, esp salt water, can happen *very*
      quickly and turn an expensive camera into junk in an instant.

							Later...BC


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