On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > To be fair to the crony, this sort of thing happens even to experienced > competent photographers who, for example, might mistake their K-7 for a K-5, > leading them in-the-moment to mis-diagnose limitations on low-ISO settings. Excellent point! :P Here's one for you... in the classes I teach, I have encountered a couple of people who save all of their "used up" sd cards. That is, once a card is full, it gets filed away in a box & a new sd card is inserted into the camera. Nothing is erased, formatted, or re-formatted. Just saved, in case the computer ever crashes. :) -c > > stan > > On Feb 2, 2013, at 6:30 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
