Thanks, Bob. Yes, being so "involved" with sand is something to be avoided, for sure. Fortunately, it was just the camera, I left my flash at home, and the hotshoe looks clean. So did the pop-up flash. Went over the whole thing with a soft brush, just to be sure.
-c On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Christine, > I've never gotten so involved with sand, only a little at a time. > I'd use a wet cloth and brush to remove all the loose sand I could. > I'd exercise all the switches on the body to make sure all the sand is out. > I don't think water or sand can make it past the doors on the body > like for the sd card. > The flash is going to be difficult to clean-up. > As for the Sigma lens, I have no experience. > It's pretty hard to keep sand out of lenses. > You'll have to patiently work your way thru it. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: >> While I was in the water with my kids yesterday at the beach, a pack >> of seagulls descended on our pile of gear in search of food. To bring >> my camera to the beach, I had taken the foam camera bag insert from my >> handbag, in which it usually resides, and placed it inside a plastic >> grocery bag, tied shut, to keep the sand and water out. I placed that >> whole mess inside our beach bag, safely nestled among the towels, etc. >> There was no food in that bag. But that didn't stop those winged >> varmints from looking! I think they have learned that plastic grocery >> bags usually contain food (last week, I saw a gull fly off with a bag >> of snacks from a family's stash), so when they found the one with my >> camera, they pulled it out, dragged it across the sand, and opened it, >> unceremoniously dumping out the contents. Imagine my horror upon >> finding the business end of my lens half-submerged in sand, surrounded >> by hundreds of webbed foot prints! >> >> I did my best to carefully brush off the sand. It was everywhere. >> The on/off switch was "sticky" at first, but that seems to have worked >> itself out. Does the AF sound noisier than before? Am I imagining >> that the shutter sounds clankier? Argh!! >> >> So here's my question: now what do I do? Is it possible that tiny >> grains of sand could get in there & gunk up the works? My camera - >> the k7 - is "weatherproof". The lens - a sigma 17-70 -- makes no such >> claim. I've removed the sd card, carefully inspecting and removing >> with a brush any grains of sand around the door. I figure I should do >> the same with the lens... but are there other steps I should be >> taking? >> >> OTOH, everything seems to be working, I had a UV filter on my lens... >> and luckily - I'm guessing those gulls shoot Nikon. >> >> :) >> -c >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
