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Article: Camcorder CPR: first aid for camcorders and tapes.
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- Camcorder & Computer Video
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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Last year, my brother and I visited Mexico while reports of a hurricane loomed nearby. Although the hurricane wasn't forecasted to hit the area where we stayed, it caused some unusually large swells in the ocean. So, we decided that it would be fun to rent a speedboat and jump some of these monstrous waves. At first, we were having a great time traveling at breakneck speeds jumping giant waves, and videotaping the entire thing. I was having too much fun to notice that my camcorder was getting soaked.
About half an hour into our joy ride, we hit a wave that was just too big for the boat to handle. The boat did a nose-dive after going over the wave, and then the ...