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My sister bought a €300 Sony digital camera in Malaysia last year, used it on her holiday in Australia, and when she came home it wasn't working anymore.
She took it to a shop to get it fixed. Turns out, sand got into it and even a small bit can completely banjacksed the camera. He said he spent €1,000 on a digital camera and a sandstorm kicked up and destroyed the camera.
It's funny, I always take cameras to the beach and I never had that problem. Then again, I use kodak disposables! Even a APS camera 3x zoom camera i bought years ago never had any problems on the beach.
Would it not make sense for the manufacturers of cameras to seal around anywhere sand might get in, given that most people on holidays take cameras to the beach?
She took it to a shop to get it fixed. Turns out, sand got into it and even a small bit can completely banjacksed the camera. He said he spent €1,000 on a digital camera and a sandstorm kicked up and destroyed the camera.
It's funny, I always take cameras to the beach and I never had that problem. Then again, I use kodak disposables! Even a APS camera 3x zoom camera i bought years ago never had any problems on the beach.
Would it not make sense for the manufacturers of cameras to seal around anywhere sand might get in, given that most people on holidays take cameras to the beach?