Earlier in the month, Panasonic posted a news story on its official blog about a Tough Lumix FT10 camera that was discovered in the Hawkesbury River. Apparently, the camera had been snagged by a fisherman who was anxious to reunite it with its owner. Check out the video below:
While skeptics were suspicious this was a PR stunt, it appears the story was genuine, with the camera's owners coming forward to collect their property a few weeks later.
Now another story has emerged about a camera recovered from the deep: last week, amateur photographer Markus Thompson posted pictures of a Canon EOS 1000D he discovered while scuba diving in the Pacific Ocean.
Photo credit: Markus Thompson
While the camera was damaged beyond repair, Thompson was able to salvage the photos from the SD card, and even managed to track down the original owner. According to the time stamp on the last photo, the EOS 1000D had been lying at the bottom of the ocean for over a year - and it shows.
"I found [the EOS 1000D] off the end of a wharf in Deep Bay, BC while I was diving on a job for the harbour," explains Thompson on his Google Plus page. "I removed the SD card, cleaned it up, stuck it in a card reader and after being underwater in a corroding camera since August 2010 - it works!"
Photo credit: Markus Thompson
The full account of his discovery can be read on his Google Plus page or via The Verge, who originally reported the story.
Our advice? If you take your camera out to sea, make sure to wear a wrist strap.
