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Old December 17th, 2009, 06:40 AM   #1
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How to destroy your camera at the races

Okay here is what you don't do when you borrow your wifes camera and decide to take it to the races.Caution DV lovers this is graphic:

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Old December 17th, 2009, 06:45 AM   #2
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You only let this happen once before the waterproof housing becomes critical. Same thing happened to me, years ago. never go near water (or blowing sand) without protection.
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Old December 17th, 2009, 07:53 AM   #3
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at least it wasn't a $6,000 camera....
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Old December 17th, 2009, 01:23 PM   #4
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yeah, I lost a simple point as shoot digital to a wave pool at a water park once... then I realized, Cameras aren't waterproof or resistant... So now I have a way to make all my cameras water resistant if need be...
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Old December 17th, 2009, 02:07 PM   #5
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yeah, I lost a simple point as shoot digital to a wave pool at a water park once... then I realized, Cameras aren't waterproof or resistant... So now I have a way to make all my cameras water resistant if need be...
yet another reason why I'm looking forward to the 1D Mark IV :)
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Old December 18th, 2009, 12:11 AM   #6
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This happens to me a lot. But I have a rain cover.
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