flooded recsea...help!!

[mantababe]

Ozzi might have a point here but surely you don't let the resort or boat crew do anything with your camera? I do the rinsing myself and grab the camera as soon as out of the water
interesting to know though I would go back to each trip you did and figure out how the camera was handled each time

the only boat dives i did with it was last august in the farnes, and i rinsed the camera in the sink when i got back to the room, i had also got for few trips to swanage in a camper and im not sure if it got rinsed there until i got home as not having somewhere to do it.

otherwise i handle the camera myself, put it in the dive centre camera rinse tank, and then soak it well when i get home. if im doing a dive here [uk] i soak it afterwards for hours/days.

i will post some more pics

 

[Interceptor121]

OK so there could have been trips where you did not rinse the camera for some time
I would recommend you take an ice box 28 or more liters as your personal rinse tank or anything like that
I am planning to go to Selsey on the 21st and maybe Swanage on the 15th by the way

 

[flareside]

...i soak it afterwards for hours/days.

While the electrolytic process happens most easily in salt water, it will happen at some level in any water. Don't soak for any longer than necessary. (Something I learned the hard way from leaving bi-metal pans in the kitchen sink)

And I'm not sure what kind of sink you are soaking in, but never soak in a stainless steel sink.

 

[Interceptor121]

Never in steel. Plastic works best and use de-ionised water to avoid adding more chaos to the mix
Sometimes I put my rig in there and I don't have time to pick it up right away, would not normally be more than one or two days this is not exact science

 

[mantababe]

again great guys for the tips. never soaked it in steel always plastic bowls but with tap water, so maybe its time to get some de-ionised water????

love swanage we are trying to arrange a trip but not sure when yet, as its difficult getting our shifts off together, and we want to do selsey this year tried last year but viz really bad

 

[Interceptor121]

I started using de ionised water for Wet lenses however it is impractical to bring around unless you have your car!!!

 

[Layla]

... going to look up where Selsey is ...

 

[Interceptor121]

Sussex close to Portsmouth
Diving under Selsey Lifeboat Station - YouTube

 

[BluewaterPhoto]

Sorry to hear you flooded the camera, have you taken it on a dive since?

 

[mantababe]

Sorry to hear you flooded the camera, have you taken it on a dive since?

yes took housing down about 6 times with no camera inside, down to 20+ no leaks, then did approx 10 dives over the next 5 days with camera inside and again no leaks. but still worried about it