*UPDATE* How to Lose $2400 in 24 Seconds

[Canon Rumors]

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<strong>*UPDATE* B&H Replaces The Camera for free.

</strong>It turns out that <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/583953-REG/Canon_2764B003_EOS_5D_Mark_II.html/BI/2466/KBID/3296">B&H Photo</a> sent Kurtis a new camera on the house.</p>
<p><strong>Sorry Kurtis

</strong>I don’t like to be entertained by other peoples mishaps, however I think this is a public service announcement in some ways.</p>
<p>There is a nice lead up to the death of a 5D Mark II. Mother nature is fun.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

 

[awinphoto]

Re: How to Lose $2400 in 24 Seconds

awesome... =)

 

[Mongoose]

Re: How to Lose $2400 in 24 Seconds

Man, that sucks! :'(

 

[dr croubie]

Re: How to Lose $2400 in 24 Seconds

At least the memory card (obviously) survived...

 

[pakosouthpark]

wow they gave him 1 on the house, very lucky. should be more careful right??

 

[Blaze]

Was the lens salvagable or was it really cheap? $2400 is about what a 5D2 costs.

 

[traveller]

What exactly was he thinking? Personally, I'd have grabbed the camera as soon as I realised the wave was bigger than I was expecting -who cares about getting wet feet!

 

[distant.star]

Why did B & H have any liability???

 

[Chewy734]

yeah, this story makes no sense. If I drop my camera "by mistake" while climbing an ancient Mayan ruin, will B&H hook me up with a free replacement?

 

[Canon Rumors]

yeah, this story makes no sense. If I drop my camera "by mistake" while climbing an ancient Mayan ruin, will B&H hook me up with a free replacement?

Probably marketing... the video went pretty viral.

I had nothing to do with the decision of either party.

 

[TexPhoto]

My renter's insurance covers me for things like this. And I always buy with AMEX which will also cover it within a certain time frame.

But yea, water, especially large bodies love cameras. A friend of mine set his D700 up on a tripod to shoot a model on the other side of the pool. When he went over to the model, and was adjusting her outfit, out of the corner of his eye, he watched one leg of the tripod compress, and the D700 took a swan dive into the pool. With a 24-70 f2.8..., and an SB-800.

 

[wickidwombat]

marketing, but the service from B&H is pretty good even for overseas customers

 

[AG]

I don't want to sound sceptical but 300K views in the space of 2 hours, and a "free" camera replacement.

This whole thing sounds like a sham. Firstly what the hell was he shooting? Or does he randomly like placing his cameras in stupid situations?

If you were planning on shooting that close to water, why wouldn't you bag your equipment?

Do we even know that this was shot on a 5D2? could it have been shot on something cheap a 1100D in 720p? and if so once uploaded to vimeo could anyone tell the difference?

Thanks to this little viral hoax he has also gotten a lot of attention to his vimeo account. If he was trying to get himself known thats one way of going about it.

As for the free camera part, this was clearly either set up or B&H jumped on the publicity and gave him a free camera for their own gain, look at how many blogs now have a handy link to how great B&H is.

It all just feels a little......faked.

 

[Loswr]

It all just feels a little......faked.

How did that old saying go, "All's fair in love and...marketing?"

 

[Caps18]

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/761663-REG/Equinox_5DMKII_Housing_for_the_Canon.html

I wonder if B&H will have him make a video that tests different underwater housings. Is it possible to mount any of them to a tripod for stable shots in rain storms or in waves? I'm not sure I could justify spending lots of money to get those shots, but if I retire and have lots of time to go diving...

(And don't be so skeptical. It is a good reminder to watch your camera around water anyways, I've tempted fate and have been lucky by walking through rivers and on slippery rocks)

 

[BumpyMunky]

marketing, but the service from B&H is pretty good even for overseas customers

And apparently, for their underseas customers too.

[sorry, couldn't resist]

 

[Brad_Randmark]

Never underestimate how much a mainlander can underestimate the ocean.

 

[TexPhoto]

is that him on the rich walking out of frame in the first few seconds?

 

[AG]

is that him on the rich walking out of frame in the first few seconds?

Don't think so.

Just watched it again to check something that has been bugging me.

First of all this was set up to fail. Listen to the audio.

"Looks like a big ones coming...here"
"here comes a big wash (excited?)"
then what sounds like laughing muffled by the sound of the waves

Obviously this was set up to fail.

Second key being the camera is not only shooting nothing but its also sitting about 1/2 a foot off of the ground. Kinda like if it was sitting on a gorilla pod or similar, hell even a bunch of piled up sand if you know your camera won't be coming out of this in one piece.
If it was on a tripod it would have toppled when the water hit it but instead it sat pretty still until the big waves hit.

Lastly the thing that doesn't feel right is the fact that salt water and electronics don't play well.

Sure the footage from the card would be recoverable to a degree, but still that would have gotten a hell of a beating if it was true, and surely more than a little damage to the card. Unless it was safely in a waterproof case, such as one of these...

If this was a hoax it was a well planned out one.

But if it was real why would B&H reward his obvious blatant stupidity?

 

[theregoesjb]

im honestly just surpised with how that wave comes in, lot of strength for coming from what looks like a ways out. I wouldnt have expected it myself but then again all i know is new england beaches ... that would be freakish around here.