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Amazing that the memory card was still intact after the camera caught fire.

by donarb 8y ago

pdpi 8y ago
If you look at the picture of the burnt camera, the lens hood is totalled, and it smeared melted plastic all over the place – you can see it melting shut in the video – but both the lens and the camera body seem more or less intact, and I suspect the innards of the camera are relatively undamaged. It's also worth noting that what damaged the camera was a relatively low-temperature grass fire, not the blazing hot inferno of rocket fuel. All in all, after the initial shock of "the card survived _what_!?" it's actually not _that_ surprising that they managed to salvage it.
antongribok 8y ago
Given that this looks to be a Canon 5Ds I would have been more surprised if the card didn't survive. This is what the body of the camera looks like underneath the skin: https://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/canon-5ds.jpg https://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/canon-5ds.j... From the animated GIF it looks like the fire wasn't very hot, and most of the damage was just the plastic lens hood melting over the front element.
- disillusioned 8y ago
  I've seen YouTube videos where people try to destroy Canons. In one, they froze it (with water inside the camera), through it down the stairs, and burned it. And the mirror was still functioning. It wasn't taking great pictures, but it WAS taking something. They're tanks.
  - jlarocco 8y ago
    The "pro" camera bodies from both Nikon and Canon are designed to take a beating. Here's a similar video with a Nikon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBB-CvqjdCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBB-CvqjdCE
- userbinator 8y ago
  In other words, the body acted as a massive heatsink to prevent the internals from getting too hot. Interesting related fact: GoPros and various other action cameras use their metal body as a passive heatsink, but also rely on thermal mass and limited battery life --- they cannot run 24/7 without overheating.
bdamm 8y ago
Keep in mind that the fire was likely put out quickly and didn't have a lot of fuel.

Amazing that the memory card was still intact after the camera caught fire.

by donarb 8y ago

Amazing that the memory card was still intact after the camera caught fire.

pdpi 8y ago

If you look at the picture of the burnt camera, the lens hood is totalled, and it smeared melted plastic all over the place – you can see it melting shut in the video – but both the lens and the camera body seem more or less intact, and I suspect the innards of the camera are relatively undamaged. It's also worth noting that what damaged the camera was a relatively low-temperature grass fire, not the blazing hot inferno of rocket fuel. All in all, after the initial shock of "the card survived _what_!?" it's actually not _that_ surprising that they managed to salvage it.

antongribok 8y ago

Given that this looks to be a Canon 5Ds I would have been more surprised if the card didn't survive. This is what the body of the camera looks like underneath the skin: https://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/canon-5ds.jpg https://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/canon-5ds.j... From the animated GIF it looks like the fire wasn't very hot, and most of the damage was just the plastic lens hood melting over the front element.

disillusioned 8y ago
I've seen YouTube videos where people try to destroy Canons. In one, they froze it (with water inside the camera), through it down the stairs, and burned it. And the mirror was still functioning. It wasn't taking great pictures, but it WAS taking something. They're tanks.
- jlarocco 8y ago
  The "pro" camera bodies from both Nikon and Canon are designed to take a beating. Here's a similar video with a Nikon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBB-CvqjdCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBB-CvqjdCE
userbinator 8y ago
In other words, the body acted as a massive heatsink to prevent the internals from getting too hot. Interesting related fact: GoPros and various other action cameras use their metal body as a passive heatsink, but also rely on thermal mass and limited battery life --- they cannot run 24/7 without overheating.

bdamm 8y ago

Keep in mind that the fire was likely put out quickly and didn't have a lot of fuel.