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Camera dropped in the ocean is returned by fisherman 18 months later

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Camera dropped in the ocean is returned by fisherman 18 months later - 02-12-2010, 06:25 PM

"Barbara and Dennis Gregory, 65, from Johannesburg, South Africa, thought they would never see the Nikon P90 again after it fell into the ocean en-route from New York to Southampton in 2008. But 16 months later Benito Estevez, a fisherman from Spain, found the camera in his nets with the photos still intact on the memory card. "


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02-12-2010, 06:32 PM

Couldn't do that with a Canon....

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Rest in peace John...
 
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02-12-2010, 06:37 PM

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Couldn't do that with a Canon....
It is a function of the card not the camera, but you knew that didn't you?

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02-12-2010, 06:42 PM

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It is a function of the card not the camera, but you knew that didn't you?

Now there's that sense of humor I love!

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02-12-2010, 07:09 PM

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Couldn't do that with a Canon....
He wouldn't have thrown it into the Ocean if it was a canon ;-)
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He wouldn't have thrown it into the Ocean if it was a canon ;-)

You're right... he probably would have LAUNCHED it off the front of the back of the boat.

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02-12-2010, 08:25 PM

Not to start the war, but if it were an Olympus it would have been light enough to float and be recovered that day (hehehe)
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02-12-2010, 08:27 PM

Nice to see the trolls are alive and well here too...

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Nice to see the trolls are alive and well here too...

Yeah. They haven't gotten our new bridge built yet. The snow really slowed down construction...


Meanwhile back at the ranch... it would have been nice if some of the photos would have been posted, or photos of the camera itself!

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02-12-2010, 08:43 PM

Impressive, how that storage card survived 18 months in the ocean is beyond me.

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Impressive, how that storage card survived 18 months in the ocean is beyond me.
They have survived longer at the bottom of streams and lakes, but those aren't as corrosive as salt water.
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02-16-2010, 01:09 PM

thats so cool.

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If it was a Pentax, the camera would still work.

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He wouldn't have thrown it into the Ocean if it was a canon ;-)
instead he would've visited the skeet range on the aft deck? :D
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As long as the rubber bands and bubble gum were still operational...
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