On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 michaeljohnston@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>No no no, he's Aussie, not Norse; Mike, I suggest you place the camera
>>along with a junked lens in an aquarium at home for guests to praise the
>>build quality ;-O
>
>You laugh, but Norb Wu once dunked two Canon F1's in the ocean. He opened
>them up, dunked them again in a bucket of fresh water, and left them open
>overnight to dry. The next day he loaded film in them, crossed his
>fingers, and kept shooting; both cameras were in constant use for the
>next ten years with no adverse effects. Not sure this would work with an
>OM-2, but what has he got to lose?
True, a fresh water bath or two can't do any harm at this point; I thought
of suggesting that, but the camera was declared as totally gone, which led
me to assume that the rinse possibility had been exhuasted.
/Acer Victoria
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