A bit of clarification...
I didn't actually end up on my ass. The wave hit me, maybe up to my
knees or thighs, I teetered a bit, lost my balance and fell forward. I
caught myself on the sharp rocks with my right hand, and also scraped up
my left shin pretty good. I don't think the gear got submerged, just
splashed. It's possible that the lenscap for the 15-30 hit the rock,
there also seems to be a little bit of dampness at the front of the
15-30. Water might have gotten in around the lens cap there. The back
seemed dry.
Igor PDML-StR wrote on 10/31/18 9:09 AM:
I'd be afraid of the dust particles produced by rice.
Larry, sorry to hear about the mishap. I hope you had insurance and it
will cover the replacement.
I hope this will give you a smile:
At first, I was confused how your ass knocking off a teakettle, which
poured a wave of water onto your equipment, - resulted in your
scrapes and contusions. (Did lenses or the teakettle resist your ass'
aggression?)
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/186151/origin-of-tail-over-teakettle
It was a bit of hyperbole, fortunately I didn't go fully over backwards,
that would have been off the rocks I was standing on and into a foot of
water or so. That's what happened to one of the other fellows there.
In retrospect, I realized that the reason that there were two guys that
went out first and only one was shooting was that the other was covering
for him, warning him about big waves and provided extra stability in
situations like this.
Very good ideas, oh well, live and learn.
It took me quite some time to figure it out and I had to re-read your
poetic message a few times. The fact that my literal teakettle was still
full as I hadn't finished my morning tea could've been a factor in this
mis-reading.
Igor
ann sanfedele Wed, 31 Oct 2018 08:27:01 -0700 wrote:
or bury it in rice ? not corrosive
that worked nicely for a drowned cellphone
ann
On 10/31/2018 5:06 AM, Toine wrote:
Put it in plastic container for a day or two with a few silicagel
bags and
fingers crossed. The silicagel bags should not touch the lens, if
they get
wet the solution is corrosive.
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 06:41, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote:
I got knocked ass over teakettle this afternoon by a wave at
Thor's well
this afternoon. The good news is that I had the lens cap on
the 15-30,
my K-1, K-3II and my 28-105 all seem to be unscathed. I also
expect my
various scrapes and contusions to heal OK.
The not so good news is that the 15-30 will no longer autofocus
and when
I put it on either of two camera bodies they don't read it as an
autofocus lens. I don't see any damage to contacts.
Any ideas for an easy fix? Or should I just send it in?
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