The camera you see here just spent a year at the bottom of Deep Bay but is now home thanks to the efforts of a nature photographer and the power of social networks. Here’s how he did it.
Photographer Markus Thompson recently came across the Canon EOS 1000D during a dive off the coast of Vancouver. After extracting and cleaning the embedded SD card, he discovered that it was, surprisingly, still functional and also contained a number of holiday photos from August 2010 — more than a year before he found it. From there, Thompson set about returning the camera to its rightful owner.
To do so, he posted the following to his Google+ account and waited for a reply:
Approximately 50 pictures on the card from a family vacation. If you know a fire fighter from British Columbia whose team won the Pacific Regional Firefit competition, has a lovely wife and (now) 2 year old daughter — let me know. I would love to get them their vacation photos :)
After just a few days, a friend of the owner contacted Thompson and the images and defunct camera were returned. The internet — it’s not just for stolen bikes anymore. [Markus Thompson via The Verge via PetaPixel]
Image: Markus Thompson
D.C.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 9:39 AMThat’s awesome, same as my camera. Seems it’s studier than I thought. Now I feel foolish for treating it like fragile vase on recent US trip. :D
Simon
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 1:52 PMIt was the SD card that survived, not the camera :P
Chris
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 12:42 PMIf this ever happens to me, I hope they check the EXIF data and get my name at least.
Might be time to put my phone number in the EXIF.. Hmm