Congrats! Having a hopefully functional camera to test on an S24O is a GOOD problem to have! Grin.
With abandon, Patrick On Saturday, October 11, 2014 11:19:29 AM UTC-6, Mark Reimer wrote: > > Haha point taken! I had thought of using my ortlieb panniers for that- bag > of ice in one, picnic blanket in the other or something. And there were > three tall cans for what it's worth!! > > Also, turned the camera on two days ago. It was like a rave party- lights > flashing and goin generally crazy. Another two days in a ziploc filled with > silica and it works! Heading out on a overnighter now to try it out. > > On Friday, October 10, 2014, John Phillips <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> Watertight bike bags were meant for holding cans of beer floating in >> slushy ice, not cameras. And only two beers?!?! >> >> John >> >> On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 12:15:32 PM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote: >>> >>> Yesterday I put my camera, a Nikon Df, into my new Swift Industries >>> Ozette bag on the Atlantis. I was heading to a bonfire out in the country, >>> so I threw a couple cans of beer in there too, and stuffed a few bandana's >>> and spare gloves in to pad the camera and keep everything where it should >>> be. >>> >>> Or so I thought. >>> >>> When I arrived at camp, I opened up my bag and discovered the Ozette had >>> become a swimming pool of beer. Somehow one of the tall cans and split open >>> and emptied. My camera was doused in a swill of PBR. Ironically, it was >>> sitting on top of an unused dry bag I keep with me in the event of rain... >>> >>> The body is currently buried in a bag of uncooked rice, soon to be >>> replaced with a bag of silica gel packets I get today. We shall see if it >>> will live to shoot another day. >>> >>> My recommendation? Always put electronics in a waterproof container of >>> some kind. On the plus side, it seems the Swift bag is extremely water >>> tight... >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/GdzuGwLLFqI/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
