Today, I dropped my camera into water. The good news is that it's waterproof. The bad news is I dropped it off London Bridge. All the pictures and videos of my four-month trip around Europe were on it. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I fell in a river with a £700 camera, a £200 lens, and an iPhone while trying to rescue a 50 pence ball for my dog. FML
Today, I dropped my camera down 4 flights of circular stairs from the top of a lighthouse. Everything worked, it just had a few dents. Then, as I went to put it in my pocket, I missed. It fell 3 feet and hit the floor. Now it won't turn on. FML
Today, I went to the UK for the first time, and had the most amazing time with my girlfriend, catching it all on tape. When I got back to South America, I realized someone had stolen my camera. FML
Today, I lost my balance while crossing a creek and fell in. I had my camera on me at the time. It's fried, and I don't have the $2K I need to replace it. FML
Today, while taking pictures by the pool, my friend wanted to use my camera. I told her to put the wrist strap on so it wouldn't fall into the pool. She dropped the camera while trying to put the strap on. FML
Today, I received my camera in the mail that my mom sent from home since I forgot it when I moved to Italy. It was wrapped in 4 layers of bubble wrap and packed in foam peanuts to keep it from getting broken. As I was removing the last layer of bubble wrap I dropped it, breaking the screen. FML
Today, while I was out of the house, my 6 year old brother stole my new waterproof camera, dunked it into the toilet holding onto the wrist strap, and flushed repeatedly to see if it lived up to its "waterproof promise." It didn't. FML
Today, my expensive, multi-feature, waterproof watch was destroyed... by water. FML
Today, while backpacking in Switzerland I had my camera stolen. Not only does this have photos of my entire trip but the pictures I took for my best friend's wedding. I was the only photographer of her elopement. FML
Today, I went deep-sea fishing with my friends. I told them my new phone case is waterproof, and I showed them by pouring a bit of water on it. My friend decided to throw it in the water for a better example. The case didn't float. FML
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idrum3990 5
luckily for you the London bridge is falling down so you should be able to go get it!
missy_lynn012 0
well that sinks
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Comments (115)
FireSphinx 5
cuz it's impossible to get a new camera and take new pictures ?
FireSphinx 5
pictures are not that big of a deal
FireSphinx 5
cuz I'm smart enough not to drop my phone into a river
Ai_Luv_U 2
Pictures are worth a thousand words, and they are important on trips so you could take pictures of what you experience and see!
aussie_gemini 5
'intelligent but won't show it'... that's for sure!
YacL 15
*Camera*, it was a *camera* not a phone. While you may be "smart", accidents happen, okay?
baby_dee97 8
wow no wonder firesphinx is such an idiot have you read her about me? depressing!!!
TitansFan28 0
What a jerk
Leo_C_fml 0
Cause it's possible to recover all of her pictures and videos by buying a new camera?
thebatboy 4
exactly what I said but everyone buried me.
amrik 11
wrist strap?
YourMomxD 8
Wrist steps have saved me from: Throwing a Wii remote into someones face Throwing a Wii remote at the tv Throwing a Wii remote into the wall ( I play MJ a Loy on the Wii) Dropping a camera into a glade of water Dropping s camera into a sink Basically EvERYTHING
wisericky 12
i have sea lions trained to kill.. err umm i mean retrieve data, i could loan them to you... for a price.
NomOnShroomz 14
Hope you like scuba diving?
NomOnShroomz 14
Hope you like scuba diving?
hatchet27 0
memories are better than pictures!
woosah 16
memories are better than pictures... unfortunately you just can't prove it.
TylersMB 0
damn... jump in?
alex6946 10
omg! that is so horrible!! D: im sorry!
goshpeople 4
"Waterproof" cameras aren't always truly waterproof -- unless, of course, it was a very expensive camera, and in that case, you've lost the investment as well as all of your photos. The fact that the pictures might not actually be destroyed is pretty cold comfort.
ipooprainbows 0
except they can't exactly jump into the Thames river to retrieve said camera to check it's waterproofness.......
goshpeople 4
That wasn't the point. The OP said, "The good news is it's waterproof." That's only good news if the camera isn't damaged by being submerged (sometimes cameras are marketed as waterproof when they actually are only "splash-proof"). And I do agree it's only great news if you can retrieve the camera, which the OP probably can't.
wisericky 12
its not that hard to make a camera water proof. it's a three step process. step1) open baggy step2) insert camera step3) close baggy it's even lava proof, just try it! warning: camera will not be milk proof.
meggieh815 0
the camera was already waterproof.
soulsfirefly 8
Well, that's a white whine if I ever heard one.