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About a week ago I was shooting the ocean for the news. I placed my camera on a rock at night to get some video of some approaching waves. Suddenly a wave came up and splashed on my camera. Basically it destroyed it, but the video was cool and I did indeed use it. However, my camera is toast. Now Tom has to share his camera with me. We leave it in my news director's office so we can swap it out from day to day. It works out since he is the early morning photog and I am nightside. It also frees him from having to get out of bed to shoot spot news. I know this means nothing to you, but I had to vent. Sorry, Tom. Sorry you miss out on all that overtime, due to the stupid ocean.

Did you get splashed ?

Yeah, my feet and my pant legs got soaked, but my camera was destroyed. The shot was money though. It showed a wave approaching, then . . . 'SPLASH'!!! Suddenly, nothing.

was it like a full pro one cause i herd those things cost like 70,000 bucks.
did you get in trouble, like suspended or anything.

Originally posted by bogen
was it like a full pro one cause i herd those things cost like 70,000 bucks.
did you get in trouble, like suspended or anything.

It was a Betacam. Yeah, back in it's day it cost about 80,000 bucks. I didn't get in trouble at all, surprisingly so. I guess four years of dedication to the job has it's benefits. We are going digital in March, so that may be why I didn't get busted.

It's too bad you didn't switch to Geico...

Originally posted by AOR
It's too bad you didn't switch to Geico...

God, I would have saved a buttload!

, but honestly T, why didn't you get the plastic covering?

I do have rain gear, but I didn't put it on cuz I thought the ocean would have my back that day.

I'm reminded of a Carols Mencia Joke...