P. J. Alling wrote on 10/31/18 10:53 AM:
The problem might not be the water, the lens could have impacted on the
rock just right to break a lead or a solder joint, replace the board or
what could be an easy fix if you can figure out which joint. No one
will know until the lens is opened.
I'd like to think the weather sealing is good enough to keep some
splashed salt water out of the electronics...
That is exactly my hope. I'll need to figure out what I need to do to
send it in. Don't know whether to do so immediately, or just keep the
lens with me as a manual focus ultrawide, until I get home Sundayish.
On 10/31/2018 12:38 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
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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