Fright of my life!!
Pulled up on the bank in my kayak... took the 5DII on a tripod and placed it on the sand...gave it a little wiggle to settle it and stepped out of the kayak....turned around and heard...KERSPLASH!!..Whipped around and grabbed it from a full submerse. Shook it off, wiped it got six or 7 shots out of it and it all went downhill from there.
I had a weather sealed 16-35L on, so no water got in through the front thank the Lord!
First thing to go was AF...then top scroll wheel became intermittently unresponsive..then the back scroll wheel would scroll forward, but not back...then the other buttons stopped responding, then the screen went black....
I was panicking now!!!
I paddled straight back over the creek and pulled the camera apart on a towel. Batteries out, grip off, lens off, compartment flaps all open, CF card out. Dried them all then spent the next three hours as a passenger in the 4WD in front of the heater vent, getting the camera and grip hot and drying it out. There was also water under the top screen, so I removed it and dried it out then replaced it.
Slowly, but surely, each time I put it back together and tried it, things started working again. There was a LOT of water coming out of the dual control zoom buttons of the grip!
Finally, now it is all working again. The water was crystal clear clean mountain water with no mud.
Now I am deciding if I should just leave it open for a few days in warm dry room or send it in for repair/inspection.
Baz.
