DSLR Complete With Flash Card Survives 1 Year Soak in the Pacific Ocean, Google + Reunites Camera With Owner
DSLR Complete With Flash Card Survives 1 Year Soak in the Pacific Ocean, Google + Reunites Camera With Owner
Posted 11/27/2011 at 5:18pm
| by Justin Kerr
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Life has taught me that death and taxes are constants, and it’s also reinforced the concept that dropping my camera in the ocean is pretty much game over when it comes to my vacation photos. Fast forward to 2011 however, and Google + has made the impossible, possible. Deep sea diver Markus Tompson was scuba diving in Deep Bay Vancouver Canada, when he swam past a rather odd looking object. It turns out the item that caught his eye was a corroding Canon Rebel DSLR, complete with neck strap (which obviously wasn’t used), and flash card. Apparently the flash card not only survived its extended stay along the ocean floor, but its contents, along with the help of Google + users, helped the diver locate the owner.
The camera itself as you can see from the picture won’t be much use anymore, but the fact that the flash card not only survived, but still worked after all that time submerged under salt water is amazing to say the least. Tompson has since been in touch with the owner, and the vacation photos are going to be reunited with the owner.
It’s an amazing story, but I wouldn’t count on it happening to you under similar circumstances.
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markly86
November 28, 2011 at 11:07am
The contacts on the card were probably securely inserted into the contacts in the camera thus providing some protecton. Still amazing.
vonhulio
November 28, 2011 at 10:33am
I'd like to see a picture of the flash card itself. Maybe the contacts are all corroded, but still functional...
don2041
November 28, 2011 at 4:17am
Wow talk about misleading headlines "DSLR complete with flash card survives"
0ly1r3m@1ns
November 27, 2011 at 7:01pm
i have washed my flash drivers before (by accident) and they still work so this is extreme but im not to suprised
Caboose
November 28, 2011 at 9:52am
But you're not washing your clothing in salt water. Salt water corrodes almost everything!
The Corrupted One
November 27, 2011 at 6:42pm
Those cards do look water tight, but i didn't think they were(or maybye it's just solid state memory being badass again)
whathuhitwasntme
November 27, 2011 at 6:08pm
I dont see why it would be surprising, my kingston traveler has been in an out of my washing machine more times than I can count! still works great
Caboose
November 28, 2011 at 9:52am
But you're not washing your clothing in salt water. Salt water corrodes almost everything!
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