That’s right, you read the headline is correct. Over the weekend a diver, Markus Thompson, found a camera at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of British Colubmia. He salvaged the camera, poked around a little bit (determining that the camera had been dropped into the water in August 2010), recovered the data off the card and, using Google+, found the owner.
Markus’ original post and updates here. The social web doing some good, a photographer getting back some property along with some thought-to-be-long-lost images… But… I’m guessing that all you really want to know is the brand of the card, right?
Funny, although I don’t blame you. Apparently this was a SanDisk Extreme III but, not that it overly matters…regardless what type of card you use, it’s true that many cards/types/brands can survive total submersion in water… now we just know that at least some of them can hang out in salt water for year(s)
Rather put any electric stuff like iPhone or Black Berry or camera in bag with RICE and silicon gel. It will remove the dampness and will not harm the circuits while in action.
Salt causing corrosion while taking the dampness away and then you can just as well through the camera or iPhone, Black Berry etc away…
hilarious. and crazy
To drive water out of electrical items. Put it in a sealed container of salt. Worked after my iPhone went in the bath.
you can also put it in rice!
I dropped my Pentax Optio 43WR in the Kongakut River on day 3 of a 15 day pack rafting trip. The river is in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge of Alaska and dumps into the Arctic Ocean. I used it mostly for my adventure video podcast. If anyone is up there and sees it, let me know. More on that trip: http://offyonder.com/2010/06/arctic-rafting/ Thanks. 😉
Hello, i’m not very overcome instead this recovery…. i compactflash in the washingmachine is not really a problem. This is what i had the chance to realirze, after washing a compactflash with 60 degrees….