canon 5d mk 3 water damage cd cards question for you.

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Ive been away on holidays and come back to find we had water through the ceiling into my studio. I have a few cf cards that got wet i dont know how wet as my mum had already cleaned up some of the mess and had put them on a windowsill in the sun to dry out. I dont think they got that wet. However im am testing them to see if they work before I use them on a proper shoot.

There's ten altogether and ive shot a quick few shots on each to see what happens with them. Four of them when I switch the camera off to take the cf card out the camera says recording on a blue screen and counts down the 10 shots ive taken then it says sensor cleaning as it normally does.

Its never done this before when I take out a cf card it. ANy reason why its doing this?

Missmoloko
 
missmoloko said:
before I use them on a proper shoot
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A "proper shoot" as in one you're being paid money for ? If so, I would humbly suggest you despatch the CF cards to meet their maker, and you procure yourself some new CF cards.

There is a reason water damage to electronics is typically assessed as uneconomical to repair.
 
Yes its very unlikely I would ever use them again, although I dont think it was much water in them. I would test, test, test and probably test them on and off on my own kids for the next year and still not feel safe in using them again. Although they appear to be ok I know that I wont trust using them.

However any ideas why on a few of these the camera recorded the images before switching off when it has never done it before would this suggest they are damaged.

Miss moloko
 
Its most likely due the cards not working as they should due to water damage. To test them properly you need to do burst recording and fill the cards. Then look at every pic for blocking. That means there's poor connections and I would bin the cards.
 
You should have tested them and then sold the workers quickly on ebay, like everyone else does:).
 
missmoloko said:
ANy reason why its doing this?

Missmoloko
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Yes. It is normal operation of the camera, described on page 33 of the manual. You won't see it if the camera has completed saving all images before opening the card flap. You will see it if the camera is still writing out to the card and you open the flap. So if you're rattling through a dozen or so rapid test shots and then opening the flap immediately I would say that's exactly the expected behaviour. If it completes the saves fully and then shuts down as usual I can't see anything wrong at all.

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As for the cards, I have never heard of water causing a problem to memory cards, and I have read tales of them surviving a full laundry cycle, so probably the cards are fine, but as others have said, if there is any doubt, why take the chance?
 
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I'm claiming off household insurance for the ceiling damage but have a separate policy for my camera equipment and seen as its only the cards that had water damage not worth paying another excess. Put it down to one of those things.

I wouldn't have trusted them again not worth the hassle.
 
tdodd said:
I have read tales of them surviving a full laundry cycle
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Or a 5,200 mile, six-year, journey across the Pacific Ocean. LINK

And an explosion - LINK

Indeed, didn't Joss Whedon use several Canon dSLRs for some of the bits of the Avengers movie - he could treat them as expendable, blow them up and retreive the flash card.
 
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