My FIRST Super Program was packed inside a rucksack that bounced out the
back of an Army 5-ton truck during a convoy movement. The rucksack was
run over by the next truck in line.
I had CAREFULLY stowed my ruck, but some anonymous someone moved it in
order to get to their own gear.
They did not take as much care as I had to re-secure it. The Army did
not reimburse the loss.
From: Ann Sanfedele
oK - I'll play...
I"d gone back to lurking for a couple of days but here I am :-)
the classic one we all did (film didnt catch, didn' t notice the
winder-side not turning, etc...) as mentioned by Collin .
Forgetting to change the ASA /ISO on the KX or LX after changing from
25 or 64 k-chrome to 400.... or , more often and more
damaging , the reverse.
But just as bad was on the LX the auto shutter speed on the dial was
right next to the 1/2000. I'd set it to 1/2000 when
changing film... and in the throes of excitement over what I was seeing
and trying to capture in the field (the last best light, the beastie
that was still there but might be gone in a moment - or whatever) I
occasionally didn't get the knob turned back to auto shutter speed,
on a windy day or in a noisy place I couldn't always hear the "click" .
Sometimes I'd only ruin a frame or two before I realized - hmm , that
doesn't sound right.....
Once or twice I knocked over the tripod with the camera on it...
But he worst was when I drowned the first good digital camera I had by
setting it in a bag I had used earlier in the day to carry my lunch
in, including some ice. the inside of the bag was shiny aluminum
(using non-camerbag carrying stuff on the streets of NY was my idea
of protecting my gear - who would steal a lunch box?) . Out the door
with the camera in bag.... it sat there for a couple of hours at a friends
house before I realized. It killed the camera.
ann
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