Canon 1000D DSLR Washes Ashore at DVinfo.net

Andy Wilkinson · November 27th, 2011, 03:05 PM

Interesting story...

Canon EOS 1000D washes ashore in BC, Canada, SD card reveals it was lost at sea for over a year -- Engadget

Jordan Hooper · November 27th, 2011, 10:19 PM

At least the SanDisk Extreme III card still works.

SanDisk should run with the story and make a commercial. If I were in their PR dept I'd push in that direction. What an opportunity!

Don Parrish · November 29th, 2011, 06:05 AM

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"Just how tough is your average DSLR memory card? Apparently tough enough to survive a year at the bottom of the ocean. Naturalist and aspiring photographer Markus Thompson was scuba diving in Deep Bay near Vancouver, British Columbia, when he found a Canon EOS 1000D. Curious, he brought it to the surface and took ut the SD card, and was actually able to recover about 50 photos......."

Les Wilson · November 29th, 2011, 07:57 PM

I'm not so sure it's that big a feat. Par for the course for solid state memory I think. As I recall from articles at the time, the Shuttle Challenger cockpit screens showed data held in core memory which holds it's state without power. Forensic scientists where able to read the screens at the time they lost power by reading that memory.

Jack Zhang · November 29th, 2011, 09:51 PM

Didn't Alister Chapman freeze an SxS card in solid ice for a few hours to show how rugged those cards are?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3dPhVAXS68

I wonder if SxS can last a year in water or ice.

November 27th, 2011, 03:05 PM	#1
Andy Wilkinson Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 2,853	Canon 1000D DSLR Washes Ashore Interesting story... Canon EOS 1000D washes ashore in BC, Canada, SD card reveals it was lost at sea for over a year -- Engadget __________________ Andy K Wilkinson - https://www.shootingimage.co.uk Cambridge (UK) Corporate Video Production

November 27th, 2011, 10:19 PM	#2
Jordan Hooper Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vernon, BC. Canada Posts: 111	Re: Canon 1000D DSLR Washes Ashore At least the SanDisk Extreme III card still works. SanDisk should run with the story and make a commercial. If I were in their PR dept I'd push in that direction. What an opportunity!

November 29th, 2011, 06:05 AM	#3
Don Parrish Major Player Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tavares Fla Posts: 541	Memory card survives 1 yr in ocean Camera Lost at Sea Returned with the Help of Social Networking \| Work + Money - Yahoo! Shine "Just how tough is your average DSLR memory card? Apparently tough enough to survive a year at the bottom of the ocean. Naturalist and aspiring photographer Markus Thompson was scuba diving in Deep Bay near Vancouver, British Columbia, when he found a Canon EOS 1000D. Curious, he brought it to the surface and took ut the SD card, and was actually able to recover about 50 photos......."

November 29th, 2011, 07:57 PM	#4
Les Wilson Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 3,014	Re: Canon 1000D DSLR Washes Ashore I'm not so sure it's that big a feat. Par for the course for solid state memory I think. As I recall from articles at the time, the Shuttle Challenger cockpit screens showed data held in core memory which holds it's state without power. Forensic scientists where able to read the screens at the time they lost power by reading that memory.

November 29th, 2011, 09:51 PM	#5
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	Re: Canon 1000D DSLR Washes Ashore Didn't Alister Chapman freeze an SxS card in solid ice for a few hours to show how rugged those cards are? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3dPhVAXS68 I wonder if SxS can last a year in water or ice.