Camera wrecked on honeymoon...decisions!?
Discussion
Hi all,
Hoping somebody has experienced similar before and can help me make up my mind:
Day 1 of our Honeymoon in Bali, and a drybag which was not dry has left my EOS M3 shagged. I've done the battery out, rinse with fresh water and then hairdryer and rice routine but I'm pretty sure it won't be coming back from the dead.
Unfortunately, my backup camera, in the form of my iPhone was in the bag too and is now also destroyed.
Do I:
1). Try and find a camera store here and buy a new body, seeing as I have all my lenses etc?
Or
2). Buy a cheap compact and get a new body from the UK once the insurance pays up?
Or
3). Nothing at all, live without pictures and sort it when I'm home?
I suppose it partially depends how easy it is to get kit here. We're in the north west so pretty far from Kuta/Denpasar, which instinct tells me are the only likely candidates for photo shops...
Any thoughts/experience?
Hoping somebody has experienced similar before and can help me make up my mind:
Day 1 of our Honeymoon in Bali, and a drybag which was not dry has left my EOS M3 shagged. I've done the battery out, rinse with fresh water and then hairdryer and rice routine but I'm pretty sure it won't be coming back from the dead.
Unfortunately, my backup camera, in the form of my iPhone was in the bag too and is now also destroyed.
Do I:
1). Try and find a camera store here and buy a new body, seeing as I have all my lenses etc?
Or
2). Buy a cheap compact and get a new body from the UK once the insurance pays up?
Or
3). Nothing at all, live without pictures and sort it when I'm home?
I suppose it partially depends how easy it is to get kit here. We're in the north west so pretty far from Kuta/Denpasar, which instinct tells me are the only likely candidates for photo shops...
Any thoughts/experience?
Yeah, your thinking echoes mine. Annoyingly though, we're moving about a bit and won't be near camera shop until the last couple of days.
Good idea to ask the hotel to help. Will ask if they know anyone nearby.
If I buy a new body here though, presumably Canon won't honour any warranty in the UK? I'd rather just get a new one and be done with it, especially since I'm carrying around the glass already but seems pointless to blow the cash on one if I can only get it for the last day or two and have no warranty I guess. Frustrating!
Good idea to ask the hotel to help. Will ask if they know anyone nearby.
If I buy a new body here though, presumably Canon won't honour any warranty in the UK? I'd rather just get a new one and be done with it, especially since I'm carrying around the glass already but seems pointless to blow the cash on one if I can only get it for the last day or two and have no warranty I guess. Frustrating!
rottie102 said:
Just get a GoPro 4 Silver. Diving shops will probably sell it everywhere, so will many other outlets.
You will have it to use when you're back, you won't have to worry about water and the photos you can take with GoPro and some creativity are absolutely amazing.
I would happily photograph a honeymoon in location like this with just a GoPro 4 Silver. Much more than with a cheap compact.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/82632028@N00/pool/
I've got a Sony AS200 Action Cam so well covered for that side of things - they're fine in bright light but uniformly dreadful in poor light. I took the M for its nice, fast 22mm as it means lots of candlelight, moonlight etc shots are possible and it's frustrating not being able to get anything after dark You will have it to use when you're back, you won't have to worry about water and the photos you can take with GoPro and some creativity are absolutely amazing.
I would happily photograph a honeymoon in location like this with just a GoPro 4 Silver. Much more than with a cheap compact.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/82632028@N00/pool/
I think I've found a shop though, so will hopefully get one tomorrow...will keep you posted.
rich888 said:
Is there not a local Apple store nearby to you, if so, book yourself into the Genius bar either online or instore, explain your predicament and you may well walk out with a fully restored new iPhone.
A few years ago my lad dropped my iPhone in a glass of water whilst it was charging which didn't do it much good at all, I tried the bag of rice on the radiator trick to no avail, it was pretty dead, so I drove up to the nearest Apple store at the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield, and after a brief discussion about the incident they exchanged my totally dead in the water iPhone with a new shiny one for a small exchange of money. Luckily I had made a backup to my laptop which enabled me to transfer nearly everything over, but nowadays with automatic backup to iCloud it's even less painless.
I cannot thank Apple enough for saving my day so it might be worthwhile seeing if there is an Apple store nearby because they do operate worldwide.
Good idea! I believe there is one in Seminyak, which is miles away from us but we might be closer later in the holiday so if it's possible, will give that a try.A few years ago my lad dropped my iPhone in a glass of water whilst it was charging which didn't do it much good at all, I tried the bag of rice on the radiator trick to no avail, it was pretty dead, so I drove up to the nearest Apple store at the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield, and after a brief discussion about the incident they exchanged my totally dead in the water iPhone with a new shiny one for a small exchange of money. Luckily I had made a backup to my laptop which enabled me to transfer nearly everything over, but nowadays with automatic backup to iCloud it's even less painless.
I cannot thank Apple enough for saving my day so it might be worthwhile seeing if there is an Apple store nearby because they do operate worldwide.
A local bloke is taking me to a 'camera store' he reckons is near here but it really is the sticks, so will be amazed if they have an M3 body. Hopefully I can get *someyhing* to do the job...
Just back last night and had completely forgotten to update this!
I got a good result. The camera shop I visited was comically s
t. Like something out of a film, it had a shelf with three sun-faded boxes from 10-year old Powershots and one 1200D for sale (at an extortionate price).
I almost bought the 1200D as a get-me-through to sell back home but they didn't take cards so the trip was a bust.
The hotel concierge was massively helpful though. I got onto Google and found a camera shop in Denpasar in the South that sold an M3 but we were several hours north in the middle of nowhere outside Ubud by this point. The concierge phoned the shop for me, had a chat and got them to send the camera up in a car the next day. I couldn't believe it. At 5pm, a wee guy turned up with 'last canon in Bali sir!', I handed him over a wad of notes and off he went. And in the meantime, the concierge lent me his actual own Nikon D90 so I didn't miss anything during the day I had to wait.
Top bloke and meant I was able to finish off the rest of the trip with some nice images. Amazed that was possible - I think it's kind of one of those things that can only happen somewhere like that really.
Cheers for all the advice everyone
I got a good result. The camera shop I visited was comically s
t. Like something out of a film, it had a shelf with three sun-faded boxes from 10-year old Powershots and one 1200D for sale (at an extortionate price).I almost bought the 1200D as a get-me-through to sell back home but they didn't take cards so the trip was a bust.
The hotel concierge was massively helpful though. I got onto Google and found a camera shop in Denpasar in the South that sold an M3 but we were several hours north in the middle of nowhere outside Ubud by this point. The concierge phoned the shop for me, had a chat and got them to send the camera up in a car the next day. I couldn't believe it. At 5pm, a wee guy turned up with 'last canon in Bali sir!', I handed him over a wad of notes and off he went. And in the meantime, the concierge lent me his actual own Nikon D90 so I didn't miss anything during the day I had to wait.
Top bloke and meant I was able to finish off the rest of the trip with some nice images. Amazed that was possible - I think it's kind of one of those things that can only happen somewhere like that really.
Cheers for all the advice everyone
rich888 said:
Congratulations are in order then
Would be great to see a few photos of Bali and of the hotel when you have a spare moment.
I shall do - did all the importing this evening but a lot to discard/process!Would be great to see a few photos of Bali and of the hotel when you have a spare moment.
In the meantime, if you're interested we stayed in a beach villa at the Menjangan resort:
The a suite with a jungle view at the Kayon resort near Ubud:
And finally a beautiful villa within the Jamahal resort at Jimbaran:
In all honesty I'd happily recommend all three.
Our favourite was the first, which was definitely the least posh, but felt the most isolated and as a bonus, like being on the set of Dr No!
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