Re: weatherproof vs sandproof?
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.
Re: weatherproof vs sandproof?
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.
Re: weatherproof vs sandproof?
On 28/07/2010, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: 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. I've had sand gum up so called water proof PS cameras too, it's gets stuck in behind buttons and can make a heck of a mess. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
Re: weatherproof vs sandproof?
On Jul 27, 2010, at 7:52 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: 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? I had a grain of sand get into my PFA-50/1.4. The focusing wedged, and like a fool, I pushed it past it. Despite later getting it cleaned it's still notchy where the teeth got garfed from the grit. If you see ANY sign of problems with the lens, I'd take it in to be cleaned. If you can get by without the lens for a while, this might be a good time for a CLA. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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.
Re: weatherproof vs sandproof?
That's the sort of thing I'm afraid of. So far, so good, but I'll keep an eye on it. Figures - we leave in ten days for vacation, and this is my go-to walk-around lens. So, the CLA will probably have to wait, unless something ugly happens in the meantime. On the bright side, I'm quite happy I left my nice lens at home -c On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I had a grain of sand get into my PFA-50/1.4. The focusing wedged, and like a fool, I pushed it past it. Despite later getting it cleaned it's still notchy where the teeth got garfed from the grit. If you see ANY sign of problems with the lens, I'd take it in to be cleaned. If you can get by without the lens for a while, this might be a good time for a CLA. -- 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.
