Just before his vacation, my fiancé bought a new (used) car, an MG convertible. We had planned on cruising in it and enjoying the sports car in the summer. Drive around and take some photo's and just enjoying ourselves.
Well, the weekend before the vacation started, on his way home from work, something in the car exploded and the car caught on fire. Huge flames of fire was engulfing the whole care. In the car my fiancé did not only have his Canon 7D (with a 24-105L on it), but also his laptop, a MacBook Air.
All went up in flames. The car. The camera & lens and the computer.
Luckily no person was harmed. That's the best thing in this whole story. The car was imported from the UK, so the insurance for it hadn't kicked in yet. So nothing will be replaced that went up in flames.
Here's how the camera looks like now.
I know it hurts, so if you're sensitive. Look away now.
Ready?
OK, here goes.
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Ouch. I know!!
But the best thing is... not only did a computer tech manage to get the harddrive out of the computer safe, so he could copy all his images he'd taken since he got the 7D when it was new last winter.
The 7D did keep a secret inside its melted body.
The CF-card was completely unharmed! It didn't even smell that foul smell that burnt stuff has. Not a scratch on it. All images are recovered, and I even think it's possible to use the memory card again!
Although, opening the CF door was a bit tricky.... so I don't think it's possible to get the door back on again.
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Moral of the story?
I dunno. But be careful out there, and don't set your camera on fire.... even if it's sturdy enough to keep your CF card unharmed.
You think Canon would accept this as a repair case during warranty?
