You are correct. In my 40+ years of washing I've always sorted my clothes in separate hampers and put them the washer by hand. This was my very first time dumping the basket and doing it in dim light.
Lesson learned
I'll try that. The photos at 200mm were without the Kenko teleconverter.
I'm going to try the newsprint also.
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
To really test the lens, ditch the teleconverter. If these lenses are modern electrical connection lenses (older mech. lenses are much easier to deal with for this issue); Down the road my concerns would be;
Fungus...do everything you can to make sure the lens is completely dry - rice/gel-pack/sit near a de-humidifier/AirCon outlet, use a UV-C light generously with caps off, sit it out in the sunshine if you don't have a UV-C light, use the sun (both will kill off mold/fungus) and help with internal drying. If you can safely take off the front element/glass, that will make the drying process work even better, just do it in a clean environment.
Wet Ribbon Cable/PC board contacts - these may take longer to dry out, and the moisture would rear it's ugly head later, bad connections, connection degradation, functional failures. I have been inside lenses that have taken a dip, and if everything comes together the wrong way, you end up with junk.
Rust, it never sleeps and will also degrade functionality over time. On the testing, try to compare to old photos with same gear, similar subject situation. Overall, YOU have to decide on all this, if the lenses have great value, then consider a trip to Canon, if cost effective.
Good luck with your efforts.
Sounds like a fish tale. Just post your shots in photo gallery like the rules ask you to.
I saw water inside of the lenses after I removed them from the washer. The lenses were also foggy. I had no choice but use rice until my order of silica gel can in days later. When the gel came in the lens water and fog were gone.
semajskooc wrote:
I saw water inside of the lenses...
Go no further and quit skimping.
Send it off for complete disassembly and CLA.
You are going to have mold and corrosion problems, if you don’t.
If not the glass, then the electronics or the mechanicals.
Najataagihe wrote:
Go no further and quit skimping.
Send it off for complete disassembly and CLA.
You are going to have mold and corrosion problems, if you don’t.
If not the glass, then the electronics or the mechanicals.
Yup, yup,& yup!!..........................RJM
yorkiebyte
Loc: Scottsdale, AZ/Bandon by the Sea, OR
semajskooc wrote:
I accidentally dropped my camera bag in my clothes hamper and dumped all the items in the washing machine for the entire wash/rinse cycle. When I got ready to put the clothes in the dryer at 11:00 pm, my neighbors heard me scream with very harsh words. My Canon 200mm 2.8, 50mm 1.8, Speedlite 470EX AI, batteries, and a few other items were in the bag. Well, I can tell you that none of these items are weather sealed. I was able to save my two lenses by putting them in a rice bath that dried all the water inside. I will probably send it to Canon for cleaning if it's not too expensive.
Do you think I should send it in for repairs or invest in another lens or give it some time to heal and dry completely?
The attached photos are from the Canon 200mm lens and a few with 3rd party 1.4 teleconverter.
I accidentally dropped my camera bag in my clothes... (
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Personally, I'm having a
really hard time grasping the reality of this.......
I'm still trying to figure out how you managed to dump all that equipment in the washing machine without noticing. Don't you have to move the clothes around a bit in the washer to get an even load? Wouldn't you feel that heavy lens and the other equipment? My 180mm, f/2.8 is pretty heavy. I imagine your 200mm is even heavier. The whole story stretches my ability to believe.
Call Canon. A cleaning may cost somewhere in the range of $ 250-350, judging by my use of their services.
WJH
Thanks, I'll compare their price with a local Camera shop in Mobile AL
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