f-u on my "drowned" Canon SX50
Jul 13, 2016 14:44:50 #
jliane
Loc: Washington state
When I fell in the stream to my neck and my camera was submerged for, I would guess, somewhere between 30-45 seconds, I assumed it was ruined. When I managed to stand up, I removed the card and batteries and gave them to my hiking partner to keep dry and didn't get them back until last night. This morning I put one in the camera and to my amazement, the camera fired right up and took pictures at every setting I tried! Thank you to everyone on the hog who offered to sell me their gently used SX50s and who offered comments after my fall. I am still shaking my head.
Jul 13, 2016 14:50:24 #
Leitz
Loc: Solms
jliane wrote:
When I fell in the stream to my neck and my camera... (show quote)
"f-u?" Thought this was a family oriented site!
Jul 13, 2016 15:18:42 #
Leitz wrote:
I think f-u means "frowned upon"."f-u?" Thought this was a family oriented site!
Jul 13, 2016 15:23:27 #
Jul 13, 2016 15:24:43 #
Since this is a "follow up" post I am going out on limb and guessing the the "f u" stands for "follow up".
Please don't whip me too hard if I'm wrong!
Please don't whip me too hard if I'm wrong!
Jul 13, 2016 15:50:03 #
melismus wrote:
Surely it means 'follow-up.'
Surely it means that it was a Canon...., what else could it be?
And, oh yea, I'd be f'ing happy too!!!
SS
Jul 13, 2016 16:09:12 #
On the Penn and Teller tv show it means Fool Us. The FU award goes to magicians when Penn and Teller can't figure out their trick, or are fooled.
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Jul 13, 2016 18:15:52 #
jliane
Loc: Washington state
Of course, it means follow-up. It's a term that was/is used frequently regarding medical care, my former profession. Good grief! I had no idea it would be interpreted otherwise. I'm sure the person who first commented knew good and well what I meant--he put the smiley face after his comment.
Jul 13, 2016 18:59:41 #
jliane wrote:
Of course, it means follow-up. It's a term that was/is used frequently regarding medical care, my former profession. Good grief! I had no idea it would be interpreted otherwise. I'm sure the person who first commented knew good and well what I meant--he put the smiley face after his comment.
J, in your former profession most of the participants were not gutter dwellers!! Here on the Hog, the higher echelon is in the gutter, the rest have already been washed into the sewers below!!!
Not your bad....., you'll get used to it, I have !!!
SS
Jul 13, 2016 20:33:13 #
Be aware that some moisture may have gotten into the electronics. It may not have been enough to kill the camera immediately but, over time corrosion can build up between connections and kill the camera. I work for Batteries Plus. We see phones that got wet 6-8 months ago but worked okay after drying them out in rice all of a sudden they won't turn on anymore. Hope yours is the exception.
Jul 14, 2016 01:45:42 #
jliane
Loc: Washington state
Thanks for the heads up. I am continuing to research other cameras--just in case.
Jul 14, 2016 06:28:27 #
The SX50 should not take photos as well as they do (Sensor copy of one from Roswell Space Ship) .... now they survive that which any respectable DSLR would have succumbed to!!! SX50 are supernatural... a Twilight Zone creation.... Mentioned in the X-Files.... and Nostradamus in quatrain 817-sub chapter B predicted them.... Long live the SX50
Jul 14, 2016 06:28:37 #
Jul 14, 2016 09:13:34 #
Really glad that one's cleared up. Seriously though, would there be ANY action one could take to try to rescue a DSLR under similar circumstances?
Jul 14, 2016 09:54:10 #
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