You have my strategy, George. :-) On Saturday, July 9, 2011, George Sinos <[email protected]> wrote: > Whenever I take one memory card out of the camera I replace it with > another card. > > GS > > George Sinos > -------------------- > [email protected] > www.georgesphotos.net > > > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:00 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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? >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3751 - Release Date: 07/08/11 >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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