New body needed ?! Any recommendation?

[Helios68]

Hi everybody,

Last Sunday I had an accident and my T5i/EF-S 10-22 fell in water. As T5i started bursting immediately, I removed the battery as quick as possible. I let the whole dry in Silica and now body+Lens "work" again together. I am just wondering how long and if everything works fine. My idea is to send it back to support for a check + cleaning.

The other point is that I would like to upgrade to FF but I need a crop body anyway. 5DmkIII is too expensive for me and I am considering 6D.

Have you already experienced such accidents?
What would you do if you were me?

Thanks in advance for feedbacks,

Regards, Jerome

 

[Hillsilly]

No experience with such accidents.

But in relation to alternative cameras, what do you like to shoot? My receptionist is keen to move from a bridge camera to a DSLR to capture animal portraits and dog competitions. After going through a list of criteria for what she wants - narrow DOF, reasonable fps with big buffer, great AF, some weather sealing, cost of the camera and a prime lens of around $1000, we decided a used Nikon D700 is the answer.

The more information you provide, the better answer you'll get.

 

[Helios68]

No experience with such accidents.

But in relation to alternative cameras, what do you like to shoot? My receptionist is keen to move from a bridge camera to a DSLR to capture animal portraits and dog competitions. After going through a list of criteria for what she wants - narrow DOF, reasonable fps with big buffer, great AF, some weather sealing, cost of the camera and a prime lens of around $1000, we decided a used Nikon D700 is the answer.

The more information you provide, the better answer you'll get.

Thank you for your feedback. You are right I have omitted some aspects. My uses are:
-Landscape/Nature/Macro -> 30%
-City views/Night photo -> 50%
-Portraits -> ~10%
-Action -> less than 10%

 

[Hillsilly]

My crystal ball can see a 6D in your future.

 

[entoman]

Hi everybody,

Last Sunday I had an accident and my T5i/EF-S 10-22 fell in water. As T5i started bursting immediately, I removed the battery as quick as possible. I let the whole dry in Silica and now body+Lens "work" again together. I am just wondering how long and if everything works fine. My idea is to send it back to support for a check + cleaning.

The other point is that I would like to upgrade to FF but I need a crop body anyway. 5DmkIII is too expensive for me and I am considering 6D.

Have you already experienced such accidents?
What would you do if you were me?

Thanks in advance for feedbacks,

Regards, Jerome

I got caught out in a torrential storm a few years ago. My 50D, which was inside a supposedly rainproof rucksack, got completely flooded. I mopped it dry, blew warm air over it with a hairdryer, and within a few minutes is was working again. Except for the pop-up flash which failed to fire, and the light that indicates the card is being written to, which blinked non-stop. After that I decided that although the camera still worked, I would rather dump it than get it repaired. So I sold it on ebay as a "faulty" camera, describing the issues.

I bought a 7D (original model) to replace the 50D. I knew the 7D was much more "bullet-proof", but I was disappointed with the image quality, which was only a relatively small step up from what I got with the 50D. So the 7D was quickly replaced with a 6D. The latter has stunning image quality and is very easy to use if stepping up from a consumer APS camera. You won't be disappointed. Beware however that the 6D is not especially weatherproof - mine locked up when working in tropical heat and humidity.

Think about the 6D, but also think about a secondhand 5DMkiii. These are quite affordable, even new, as they will soon be upgraded to 5DMkiv. A secondhand 5DMkiii in virtually new condition would likely be available at about the same cost as a new 6D, but it is much more strongly built.

 

[TeT]

Try Crossfit... ;D


seriously though, with the T6i out... T5i's are reasonable used on eBay (sometimes) just wait till the one you have dies, get another T5i (unless you have evolved past or have a need for upgrade) With new FF on the horizon, 5DIII & 6D will be getting cheaper soonish, maybe.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Water damage is nasty. It can cause intermittent damage that is difficult to track down and repair. Canon or most other makers will not touch a water damaged lens or camera. I'd send it to a 3rd party repair service like Midwest camera for checkout and cleaning.

My daughter ran her iphone thru the washing machine, and a year later, it had issues and failed. I took it to a third party repair shop with a Apple certified repairman. It turns out that there is a moisture sensing strip in the iphone that turns color if it gets wet. Apple will not repair them if the strip turns color. He would repair it, but replacing it was the same price.

 

[Don Haines]

No experience with such accidents.

But in relation to alternative cameras, what do you like to shoot? My receptionist is keen to move from a bridge camera to a DSLR to capture animal portraits and dog competitions. After going through a list of criteria for what she wants - narrow DOF, reasonable fps with big buffer, great AF, some weather sealing, cost of the camera and a prime lens of around $1000, we decided a used Nikon D700 is the answer.

The more information you provide, the better answer you'll get.

Thank you for your feedback. You are right I have omitted some aspects. My uses are:
-Landscape/Nature/Macro -> 30%
-City views/Night photo -> 50%
-Portraits -> ~10%
-Action -> less than 10%

It also helps to mention budget......

With landscape work and particularly for night time work, I would recommend the 6D. You rate action quite low, so you probably would not get good use out of the better AF systems on the 5D3 or the 7D2, and no crop camera is going to be as good as a FF camera for low light..

 

[unfocused]

A couple of thoughts:

If you send the camera and lens in to Canon for a clean and check, they will test the camera and lens, and clean the sensor and the front and rear lens elements, but they won't take either apart to check for water damage, unless you tell them what happened and ask for a repair estimate.

Even though the camera is working now, it's probably going to die an early death, as corrosion eventually causes electrical elements to fail. Whether it takes months or years is anyone's guess.

Do you already own full frame lenses? If not, you need to factor that in to the cost of entry into the full frame world.

If you are certain you will be switching to full frame, I'd use this accident as a reason to take plunge.

For the uses you described, the 6D sounds like the best match. If you need weather resistance, the 5DIII is better, but it's not going to take kindly to a dunking in the water either.

If the current camera is working, you might want to wait a month or so and see what prices are like as we get closer to the Christmas holidays (follow CanonPriceWatch.Com).

The Canon refurbished store has occasional sales. You may want to watch for a sale there (again, follow CanonPriceWatch.Com) for a heads up on sales.

Finally, if you aren't ready to go full frame, consider a 70D. It's a big step up from the Rebel line and they are very cheap right now (either new or refurbished).

 

[YuengLinger]

A couple of thoughts:

If you send the camera and lens in to Canon for a clean and check, they will test the camera and lens, and clean the sensor and the front and rear lens elements, but they won't take either apart to check for water damage, unless you tell them what happened and ask for a repair estimate.

Even though the camera is working now, it's probably going to die an early death, as corrosion eventually causes electrical elements to fail. Whether it takes months or years is anyone's guess.

Do you already own full frame lenses? If not, you need to factor that in to the cost of entry into the full frame world.

If you are certain you will be switching to full frame, I'd use this accident as a reason to take plunge.

For the uses you described, the 6D sounds like the best match. If you need weather resistance, the 5DIII is better, but it's not going to take kindly to a dunking in the water either.

If the current camera is working, you might want to wait a month or so and see what prices are like as we get closer to the Christmas holidays (follow CanonPriceWatch.Com).

The Canon refurbished store has occasional sales. You may want to watch for a sale there (again, follow CanonPriceWatch.Com) for a heads up on sales.

Finally, if you aren't ready to go full frame, consider a 70D. It's a big step up from the Rebel line and they are very cheap right now (either new or refurbished).

+1 All sounds like solid advice, exactly what I'd tell a friend.