Along similar lines ---
Took my then brand new Spotmatic with me on our honeymoon to Bermuda. Shot
several rolls of slide film.
I was using a mail in processing outfit & waited anxiously the several days
it took for the finished product to arrive. I quickly reviewed the slides on
a portable, handheld viewer. One box of slides contained several slides that
I didn't shoot - they were artsy/fartsey girlee shots of a good looking babe
in various states of undress with the mandatory velvet cloth background.
Hasn't happened since.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Halpin" <[email protected]>
Subject: You shoulda seen the one that got away! (Was Re: The silliest
thingyou ever did with your camera)
On Apr 14, 2011, at 2:30 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
I was in college and had shot 35mm during HS and had also made good use
of my GIII just before getting the K1000. So when a popular speaker came
to the college I got there early and got a front-row set. Then I sat on
the floor and shot up at him as he spoke, walked, and gestured. He got
quite animated for the cameras. (Some people really enjoy being
photographed.)
Anyway, afterward I noticed that the film rewound too quickly. And we
all know what that means. (Or is that assuming too much these days?
Have people forgotten?)
Sincerely,
Collin Brendemuehl
http://kerygmainstitute.org
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose"
-- Jim Elliott
A common theme to many of the replies on the original thread had to do
with film that didn't wind as expected, or cards that didn't put
themselves back into the camera. Which made me think of the best photo I
ever took that I have never seen. I was taking a graduate course in animal
behavior, and a fellow student a) lived on a farm nearby, b) she was
married to a veterinarian, and c) she and her husband provided foster care
to young animals from the Indianapolis Zoo. So she invited the class out
to observe their lion cubs. My (first) wife came along. We were playing
with the cubs, she was laying on the ground and the cubs were "attacking"
her. I got several fairly good shots, and finished the roll of film.
Quickly reloaded, adjusted my viewpoint, and got two or three frames just
as one cub appeared to be chewing on her neck. I got back the first roll
of slides and could see exactly what I expected. I quickly finished off
the second roll and sent it in, just waiting to see what greatness I had
achieved with the follow-on shots. Which I just knew were better composed,
framed, focused, etc. And then I waited some more. And waited. And asked
the store to follow up. And waited. And waited. Never did get that roll of
slides back, the only time Kodak ever lost anything of mine.
stan
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