Cool (sort of). Has anything funky turned up in your frames? Hope you're
using those "ghostless" filters.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I have kicked this theory around for a while, but last night's wedding
kind
> > of sealed it.
> > To set it up, here are the details. We have a hotel here in town that
has
> > been converted into office space and the like. It was the second hotel
ever
> > built by Conrad Hilton so that will give some idea to he age and
grandeur of
> > the place. The bottom two floors and the ballroom are popular for
weddings
> > and receptions. I have shot several weddings there and also shot one
there
> > last night.
> > Now heres the kicker. I rarely have equipment problems using two
Pentax
> > 645s and Sunpak and Photogenic lighting. EXCEPT when I work in this
hotel!
> > Time after time while shooting there little nuisance things pop up that
> > remarkably fix themselves when I check the equipment at home.
> > Last night it was intermittent strobe misfires. I might normally have
one
> > per 5-10 ROLLS where last night it was close to 25 percent. Very
> > embarrassing. At other events there, it might be a radio slave that
refused
> > to work suddenly, but does so as soon as I leave. One night my studio
> > strobes went on a rampage of firing at random without me or anyone
touching
> > them. I helped a friend shoot a wedding there one night and between my
two
> > Pentaxes and his three Hasseys, we had two working cameras by night's
end.
> > There have been other such happenings, and I cannot remember shooting
there
> > without at least SOME equipment problem.
> > Strange. Could it be the ghost of a departed C**** or N**** user
wandering
> > the hotel corridors waiting for unsuspecting photographers?
>
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