The door breaking off is not uncommon. It doesn't even have to be
because you mishandled the equipment.
And since there's a little switch inside that turns the camera off
whenever the door is open (or missing), I can see his point.
Back when my *ist-D was my only DSLR, I was walking through the woods
one day when the door just broke off. The door was not open at the time,
it just BROKE OFF!
Fortunately, I heard the noise it made when it broke & stopped walking,
so it only took about a half hour sifting through the layer of dead
leaves on the forest floor to find it. I was able to tape it back in
place so the camera was usable until the replacement part came from Pentax.
I'm still paranoid about how sturdy the doors are, because the cameras
won't work without them.
So I can understand where Larry's coming from.
Do you need to paint the whole inside of the door, or only add something
to make it really visible when the door is open just for a reminder?
If the latter, you might be able to put a couple of spots of fluorescent
fingernail polish on the inside. Or maybe high-light the inside edge.
From: Miserere
Larry,
Some of the problems you get in to.....I just don't know, man; they
seem to looney to me Sometimes I see you as Wile E. Coyote with a
camera.
I have NEVER left my SD card door open in the 4 years or so I've
owned a DSLR. I can't even imagine how or why that would happen. What
do you get up to, man!!??
Why not paint it prison-suit orange? Just use a paint that won't
flake off, cos that's the last thing you need, paint flakes going
into the card slot.
Cheers,
On 9 July 2011 04:07, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
Once again, I moved my camera while leaving the SD card door open.
?Fortunately, no damage was done.
It occurred to me that it being open might be more noticeable if
the inside of the cover were more visible, white paint, reflective
tape or something.
Has anyone tried this? ?Is there any obvious reason why I shouldn't
try this?
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