Holidays: Today, I dropped my camera into water. The good news is that...

By catherine - 17/06/2011 11:32 - United Kingdom

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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By Rick - 14/03/2010 13:36 - United Kingdom

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

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By Anonymous - 04/12/2009 23:43 - United States

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

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By Wex - 09/01/2009 09:02 - Chile

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

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By sonja_n - 10/10/2019 23:00 - Australia - Kew

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

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By Me. - 23/07/2010 05:58 - United States

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

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By raerae - 24/04/2009 07:25 - Germany

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

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By fmylife. - 29/11/2010 18:02 - Canada

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

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By Anonymous - 17/03/2011 22:39 - Dominican Republic

Today, my expensive, multi-feature, waterproof watch was destroyed... by water. FML

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By pissedinSwiss - 17/07/2009 15:01 - Switzerland

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

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By HiImAlfredo - 14/09/2014 18:47 - United States - Hampton

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

Friday 17 June 2011 18:46

luckily for you the London bridge is falling down so you should be able to go get it!

missy_lynn012 0

Friday 17 June 2011 18:42

well that sinks

Comments

FireSphinx 5

Friday 17 June 2011 18:57

cuz it's impossible to get a new camera and take new pictures ?

FireSphinx 5

Friday 17 June 2011 19:00

pictures are not that big of a deal

FireSphinx 5

Friday 17 June 2011 19:04

cuz I'm smart enough not to drop my phone into a river

Ai_Luv_U 2

Friday 17 June 2011 19:10

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

Friday 17 June 2011 19:12

'intelligent but won't show it'... that's for sure!

YacL 15

Friday 17 June 2011 19:17

*Camera*, it was a *camera* not a phone. While you may be "smart", accidents happen, okay?

baby_dee97 8

Friday 17 June 2011 19:27

wow no wonder firesphinx is such an idiot have you read her about me? depressing!!!

TitansFan28 0

Friday 17 June 2011 20:52

What a jerk

Leo_C_fml 0

Friday 17 June 2011 22:20

Cause it's possible to recover all of her pictures and videos by buying a new camera?

thebatboy 4

Saturday 18 June 2011 5:35

exactly what I said but everyone buried me.

amrik 11

Friday 17 June 2011 18:58

wrist strap?

YourMomxD 8

Friday 17 June 2011 20:25

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

Friday 17 June 2011 19:01

i have sea lions trained to kill.. err umm i mean retrieve data, i could loan them to you... for a price.

NomOnShroomz 14

Friday 17 June 2011 19:02

Hope you like scuba diving?

NomOnShroomz 14

Friday 17 June 2011 19:02

Hope you like scuba diving?

hatchet27 0

Friday 17 June 2011 19:04

memories are better than pictures!

woosah 16

Saturday 18 June 2011 1:02

memories are better than pictures... unfortunately you just can't prove it.

TylersMB 0

Friday 17 June 2011 19:04

damn... jump in?

alex6946 10

Friday 17 June 2011 19:05

omg! that is so horrible!! D: im sorry!

goshpeople 4

Friday 17 June 2011 19:06

"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

Friday 17 June 2011 19:58

except they can't exactly jump into the Thames river to retrieve said camera to check it's waterproofness.......

goshpeople 4

Friday 17 June 2011 20:13

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

Friday 17 June 2011 20:41

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.