Morning listers, Saturday morning here, sat with the Earl Grey (hot) contemplating the day.
Thought I'd relay a brief phone conversation I had with one of my wife's cronies last night after the phone was shoved into my hand, interrupting my viewing pleasure of 'Sky Cops'. It transpired she just returned form a trip to Poland and couldn't take any pics with her Pentax camera due to 'card error' messages on her rear LCD. The conversation went like this.... Me - Hi how's things. Crony - I just got back fro Poland. Me - Oh really, have a nice time? C - No. My couldn't take any photographs with my camera, had to take them all on my phone! Me - Oh really? Why not? C - I kept getting an error message on the back saying 'card error'. Me - I see. Where did you get this card? C - Argos (think Walmart). Me - I see. did you try formatting the card? C - What's that? Me - Formatting the card. You format it in the camera. (Sky Cops: an urgent call to a crime scene) C - no, how do I do that? Me - it tells you how to do it in the manual, it's usually in the set up menu somewhere. Which camera is it? C - that small Pentax that I bought for £10 from Alma - it was the one Stefan dropped. Me - really? Don't know anything about it. What kind of camera is it? C - it's small. Me - does it have a large screen on the back and when you turn it on the lens pops out from behind a cover? C - yes!! Me - I though you bought a K-30 or something? (Sky Cops - it's night and he's hiding on a roof) C - yes I did. Remember I brought it around to show you a while back. Me - but you also have this small Pentax as well? C - yes. Me - Okay. Why didn't you take your K-30 to Poland? C - It's too heavy. Me - I see. So you didn't format this card when you first got it? C - No, I've never done that. The card I got with the K-30 just worked when I put it in the camera. Me - I see. And so what happened when you tried to take pics in Poland? C - it wouldn't let me. There were other photographers around and they couldn't make it work either. Me - so there are currently no photos on that particular card? C - no. Me - is the 'write protect' switch perhaps set to prevent its use? (Sky Cops - thermal imaging - they'll get the guy!!!) C - the what? Me - the 'write protect' switch. It's a little plastic switch on the side of the card. Have you got the card? C - yes. What does it look like? Me - look for a small bit of plastic, usually a different colour from the main plastic. It might say 'lock' or something. C - can't see anything, what does it do? Me - well, let's say you take some pictures and then remove the card and let someone else use it, but you don't want them to accidentally erase the card - you flip this switch. C - but then they couldn't use it? Me - I mean if they were going to, say, copy some pictures across to their computer or something. In case they accidentally erased the card [thinking...bet this happens all the time with your friends...] C - oh I see. How clever. I can't see anything. Me - what make is the card? C - Sandisk. Me - Hmm. What class? C - it says 'class 4'. Me - What size? C - small. Me - I mean in gigabytes - 16? 32? C - 16. Me - have you got the camera there? C - Yes. Me - put it in the camera. (Sky Cops - closing in with the thermal imaging - they've got him!) C - Okay, now what? Me - press the 'menu' button and scroll through, see if you can find the 'format' menu. C - okay.....I found it!!! Me - click on format and confirm C - okay. It's saying 'card error'. Me - Right, now take it out of there and put it in your K-30 and do the same thing. If it happens in the K-30 then the card is faulty. If it doesn't happen in the K-30 then the small Pentax camera is faulty. C - but if I put my other card in the small Pentax camera it takes pictures. Me - what other card? C - the one that came with the K-30. Me - I see (rapidly losing interest now) C - so what would you do? Me - I'd need to have the card in my hands and do some tests with my own camera and computer. C - Oh I see. Me - or you could just take the card back to the shop and exchange it. C - can I bring it around for you to look at. Me - yes of course (and some bamboo to shove up my fingernails). C - Okay thanks! Me - I'll pass you back. Sky Cops closing end credits... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Producion ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- 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.
