Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
On Apr 23, 2011, at 00:53 , David Mann wrote: On Apr 23, 2011, at 2:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. I take the opposite approach. Because I only have one card it stays in the camera. I download files with the camera's USB cable, then format it later when I'm sure all the files have copied across OK. I maintain 3 of each size card. 8 GBs in the K-7, 4 GBs in the K10, 2 GB in the Z-10 (only need two of those). One in the camera, one in the battery pack, and one each of the 8 4 GB in a aluminum case I keep in the glove box of the car. If I forget and leave the card in the card reader, once I notice the No Card In Camera, which is after a variable time and number of shots, I go for the spare in the battery pack. Only one time have I had to go back to the car for a card. Chagrined. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com “ The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” — Kevan Olesen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
On Apr 23, 2011, at 21:53 , John Coyle wrote: Left my full kit in the car, at work the day after photographing at a concert with Ella and the Duke: came back at the end of the day to find a space where the car should have been. Got the car back three weeks later, but never saw the camera kit again. Shame - the camera John Coyle Brisbane, Australia kit was worth more than the car! I am happy that no one recalled my November 2008 incident when I left three (or four) camera bags in the passenger footwell of my Dodge overnight, discretely covered with two jackets and some paper garbage. Lazy idiot didn't want to drag them up the stairs into the house in the dark, when I'd just have to drag them back down in the morning. Bags contained a few of my best ($) 35mm lenses, two camera bodies, a K20 and a 6x7 with 4 of it's lenses. Flash. Filters. Need I go on? Thank God for the Renters Insurance I had just taken out for the first time in 11 years, because I did not have Comprehensive on the car. So I had to pay for the broken glass, and the $500 deductible on the Renters. The Replacement insurance covered the other $15,000, though it took me more than a year to find a few of the pieces. What a relief! Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
That's a scary story and a lesson for us all! Regards, Bob S. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: On Apr 23, 2011, at 21:53 , John Coyle wrote: Left my full kit in the car, at work the day after photographing at a concert with Ella and the Duke: came back at the end of the day to find a space where the car should have been. Got the car back three weeks later, but never saw the camera kit again. Shame - the camera John Coyle Brisbane, Australia kit was worth more than the car! I am happy that no one recalled my November 2008 incident when I left three (or four) camera bags in the passenger footwell of my Dodge overnight, discretely covered with two jackets and some paper garbage. Lazy idiot didn't want to drag them up the stairs into the house in the dark, when I'd just have to drag them back down in the morning. Bags contained a few of my best ($) 35mm lenses, two camera bodies, a K20 and a 6x7 with 4 of it's lenses. Flash. Filters. Need I go on? Thank God for the Renters Insurance I had just taken out for the first time in 11 years, because I did not have Comprehensive on the car. So I had to pay for the broken glass, and the $500 deductible on the Renters. The Replacement insurance covered the other $15,000, though it took me more than a year to find a few of the pieces. What a relief! Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
I had a car like that once, too... 2011/4/24 John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au: Left my full kit in the car, at work the day after photographing at a concert with Ella and the Duke: came back at the end of the day to find a space where the car should have been. Got the car back three weeks later, but never saw the camera kit again. Shame - the camera John Coyle Brisbane, Australia kit was worth more than the car! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eckinator Sent: Saturday, 23 April 2011 10:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera Packed my Canon T-90, flash and three lenses into a bright yellow bag marked Kodak in plain view in one of Paris's worst parts of town. Put it on the backseat, covered it with a jacket and walked off to buy a quick snack before driving back to Germany. First one broke the window and stole the T-90, second one took the jacket (or so said five-0). All of my childhood savings gone in less than five minutes. 2011/4/23 David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: On Apr 23, 2011, at 2:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. I take the opposite approach. Because I only have one card it stays in the camera. I download files with the camera's USB cable, then format it later when I'm sure all the files have copied across OK. No I don't shoot much :) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
Man, these stories about camera theft and the car break the heart. I feel for you guys. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 5:44 AM Subject: Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera I had a car like that once, too... 2011/4/24 John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au: Left my full kit in the car, at work the day after photographing at a concert with Ella and the Duke: came back at the end of the day to find a space where the car should have been. Got the car back three weeks later, but never saw the camera kit again. Shame - the camera John Coyle Brisbane, Australia kit was worth more than the car! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eckinator Sent: Saturday, 23 April 2011 10:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera Packed my Canon T-90, flash and three lenses into a bright yellow bag marked Kodak in plain view in one of Paris's worst parts of town. Put it on the backseat, covered it with a jacket and walked off to buy a quick snack before driving back to Germany. First one broke the window and stole the T-90, second one took the jacket (or so said five-0). All of my childhood savings gone in less than five minutes. 2011/4/23 David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: On Apr 23, 2011, at 2:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. I take the opposite approach. Because I only have one card it stays in the camera. I download files with the camera's USB cable, then format it later when I'm sure all the files have copied across OK. No I don't shoot much :) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
fortunately that was 20 years ago. nonetheless I still occasionally get the itch for a used t-90. it was just that awesome. 2011/4/24 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Man, these stories about camera theft and the car break the heart. I feel for you guys. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 5:44 AM Subject: Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera I had a car like that once, too... 2011/4/24 John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au: Left my full kit in the car, at work the day after photographing at a concert with Ella and the Duke: came back at the end of the day to find a space where the car should have been. Got the car back three weeks later, but never saw the camera kit again. Shame - the camera John Coyle Brisbane, Australia kit was worth more than the car! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eckinator Sent: Saturday, 23 April 2011 10:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera Packed my Canon T-90, flash and three lenses into a bright yellow bag marked Kodak in plain view in one of Paris's worst parts of town. Put it on the backseat, covered it with a jacket and walked off to buy a quick snack before driving back to Germany. First one broke the window and stole the T-90, second one took the jacket (or so said five-0). All of my childhood savings gone in less than five minutes. 2011/4/23 David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: On Apr 23, 2011, at 2:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. I take the opposite approach. Because I only have one card it stays in the camera. I download files with the camera's USB cable, then format it later when I'm sure all the files have copied across OK. No I don't shoot much :) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 03:20:07PM +0200, Ecke PDML wrote: fortunately that was 20 years ago. nonetheless I still occasionally get the itch for a used t-90. it was just that awesome. I've known other people who expressed similar opinions of the T-90. I've even known one who gave in to the urge, and picked one up again. Whereupon he discovered that notstalgia is rarely critical - the good points of old cameras live after them, while the evil lies interred with the old negatives in some forgotten corner of the closet ... Suffice it to say that it wasn't the unmitigated bliss he had imagined. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
On Apr 23, 2011, at 9:53 PM, John Coyle wrote: Left my full kit in the car, at work the day after photographing at a concert with Ella and the Duke: came back at the end of the day to find a space where the car should have been. Got the car back three weeks later, but never saw the camera kit again. Shame - the camera A little over four years ago, I upgraded my FZ20 with an FZ50. For a pointshoot it was a great camera. It handled like an SLR, and in decent light had great Image Quality. We were going to a friend's house for a party, they have cats, and Zab's allergic so rather than picking some stuff up at her house on the way, she dropped me off and ran her errand so I'd have more time to visit before she had to leave. Rather than bringing the camera gear in, I just left it in the trunk of the car. To shorten a long story, her car was stolen from in front of her house, with my bag of camera gear in the trunk. A few days later we got the car back, minus wheels, stereo, camera gear, her purse etc. Rather than replace the FZ50, I decided to spend a few more bucks and pick up a cheap DSLR to last me a couple of years until the performance I wanted would be affordable. The kit lens was a very similar field of view to the Series 1 28-105 that I'd used so much over the previous 10 years, so I didn't expect that I'd even need to buy more than one or two more lenses. It only took one evening of trying to photograph blues dancing for me to order a 31/1.8. The rest, as they say, is history. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
On Apr 23, 2011, at 2:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. I take the opposite approach. Because I only have one card it stays in the camera. I download files with the camera's USB cable, then format it later when I'm sure all the files have copied across OK. No I don't shoot much :) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
Packed my Canon T-90, flash and three lenses into a bright yellow bag marked Kodak in plain view in one of Paris's worst parts of town. Put it on the backseat, covered it with a jacket and walked off to buy a quick snack before driving back to Germany. First one broke the window and stole the T-90, second one took the jacket (or so said five-0). All of my childhood savings gone in less than five minutes. 2011/4/23 David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: On Apr 23, 2011, at 2:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. I take the opposite approach. Because I only have one card it stays in the camera. I download files with the camera's USB cable, then format it later when I'm sure all the files have copied across OK. No I don't shoot much :) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
Left my full kit in the car, at work the day after photographing at a concert with Ella and the Duke: came back at the end of the day to find a space where the car should have been. Got the car back three weeks later, but never saw the camera kit again. Shame - the camera John Coyle Brisbane, Australia kit was worth more than the car! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eckinator Sent: Saturday, 23 April 2011 10:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera Packed my Canon T-90, flash and three lenses into a bright yellow bag marked Kodak in plain view in one of Paris's worst parts of town. Put it on the backseat, covered it with a jacket and walked off to buy a quick snack before driving back to Germany. First one broke the window and stole the T-90, second one took the jacket (or so said five-0). All of my childhood savings gone in less than five minutes. 2011/4/23 David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: On Apr 23, 2011, at 2:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. I take the opposite approach. Because I only have one card it stays in the camera. I download files with the camera's USB cable, then format it later when I'm sure all the files have copied across OK. No I don't shoot much :) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
I can think of many, many stupid things, but if the truth be told the silliest thing I do with my camera is leaving it home. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: http://lovehateadvertising.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/guiness-brilliant.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
Ah yes; also guilty. On 11-04-22 8:15 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I can think of many, many stupid things, but if the truth be told the silliest thing I do with my camera is leaving it home. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Darren Addypixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: http://lovehateadvertising.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/guiness-brilliant.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
On Apr 21, 2011, at 14:45, Darren Addy wrote: I did a silly thing yesterday. On the way home from work (about 7 miles down the road) I passed a big flock of Yellow-headed Blackbirds (something you see rarely around here. I think they just migrate through in the Spring). So I went around the block, grabbed my K-x put on my Pentax-F 70-210 and started firing away as they came and went around this small tree. When I paused to look down to see what I had captured, I got the dreaded NO CARD IN CAMERA message. They were both left at the office. Doh. When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
On Apr 22, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Apr 21, 2011, at 14:45, Darren Addy wrote: I did a silly thing yesterday. On the way home from work (about 7 miles down the road) I passed a big flock of Yellow-headed Blackbirds (something you see rarely around here. I think they just migrate through in the Spring). So I went around the block, grabbed my K-x put on my Pentax-F 70-210 and started firing away as they came and went around this small tree. When I paused to look down to see what I had captured, I got the dreaded NO CARD IN CAMERA message. They were both left at the office. Doh. When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. -Charles Every time I do that, I remember stories I have read here about about the card door being broken off because of some incident during the time the door was left open. And I would rather be caught with no card in the camera (been there, done that!) than to risk damage to the camera. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
On Apr 22, 2011, at 10:02, Stan Halpin wrote: On Apr 22, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. -Charles Every time I do that, I remember stories I have read here about about the card door being broken off because of some incident during the time the door was left open. And I would rather be caught with no card in the camera (been there, done that!) than to risk damage to the camera. That's a good point. When I take the card out of the camera, though... I just tip the camera sideways (still in the camera bag) to open the door. It's left cradled in the case so there is little opportunity for mishap. So far, so good, anyways! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
You shoulda seen the one that got away! (Was Re: The silliest thing you 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
Yes, I used to do that. :-( Until I broke the door off in a fall off the chair! It was a $200 repair on the *ist DS. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Apr 21, 2011, at 14:45, Darren Addy wrote: I did a silly thing yesterday. On the way home from work (about 7 miles down the road) I passed a big flock of Yellow-headed Blackbirds (something you see rarely around here. I think they just migrate through in the Spring). So I went around the block, grabbed my K-x put on my Pentax-F 70-210 and started firing away as they came and went around this small tree. When I paused to look down to see what I had captured, I got the dreaded NO CARD IN CAMERA message. They were both left at the office. Doh. When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
I still wince when I think of what I did. Perched on a rock, about 20 feet above a Scottish burn taking long exposures of the flowing water. LX + FA 24mm f/2.0 on the tripod, F28mm f/2.8 in hand. About to change the lens, nudged the tripod and, in slow motion, all toppled waterwards. In my attempt to rescue the ensemble, I only managed to throw the other lens after it as well. After crying a little, and looking at the semi submerged mess, I waded in the burn and rescued everything. Of course nothing worked. I took it all home and put everything on a radiator for a couple of days in desperation, more than anything else and amazingly after a thorough drying out, complete functionality was restored to every last piece of kit. Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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Oh and not quite on topic, when I graduated I argued with my mother that we shouldn't use the local Chemist to develop the films, but send them to the mail order folks who did my slides because they were special and would be of better quality. Guess what - lost in the post. 35 years on she still moans at me for that. On 22 Apr 2011, at 18:55, Peter Jordan wrote: I still wince when I think of what I did. Perched on a rock, about 20 feet above a Scottish burn taking long exposures of the flowing water. LX + FA 24mm f/2.0 on the tripod, F28mm f/2.8 in hand. About to change the lens, nudged the tripod and, in slow motion, all toppled waterwards. In my attempt to rescue the ensemble, I only managed to throw the other lens after it as well. After crying a little, and looking at the semi submerged mess, I waded in the burn and rescued everything. Of course nothing worked. I took it all home and put everything on a radiator for a couple of days in desperation, more than anything else and amazingly after a thorough drying out, complete functionality was restored to every last piece of kit. Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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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I did a silly thing yesterday. On the way home from work (about 7 miles down the road) I passed a big flock of Yellow-headed Blackbirds (something you see rarely around here. I think they just migrate through in the Spring). So I went around the block, grabbed my K-x put on my Pentax-F 70-210 and started firing away as they came and went around this small tree. When I paused to look down to see what I had captured, I got the dreaded NO CARD IN CAMERA message. They were both left at the office. Doh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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3 cards in a little neoprene case on my camera strap solves that problem. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I did a silly thing yesterday. On the way home from work (about 7 miles down the road) I passed a big flock of Yellow-headed Blackbirds (something you see rarely around here. I think they just migrate through in the Spring). So I went around the block, grabbed my K-x put on my Pentax-F 70-210 and started firing away as they came and went around this small tree. When I paused to look down to see what I had captured, I got the dreaded NO CARD IN CAMERA message. They were both left at the office. Doh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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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I sold it to pay for a security deposit on housing when I was in college--and stopped doing photography. I could kick myself for that. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 1:30 PM Subject: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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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What was it? Nosy Steve On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: I sold it to pay for a security deposit on housing when I was in college--and stopped doing photography. I could kick myself for that. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 1:30 PM Subject: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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The MX. But I just recently purchased an MX from a PDMler. It's in excellent condition. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 6:49 PM Subject: Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera What was it? Nosy Steve On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: I sold it to pay for a security deposit on housing when I was in college--and stopped doing photography. I could kick myself for that. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 1:30 PM Subject: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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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That was a hard call. The MX was a beauty. On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: The MX. But I just recently purchased an MX from a PDMler. It's in excellent condition. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 6:49 PM Subject: Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera What was it? Nosy Steve On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: I sold it to pay for a security deposit on housing when I was in college--and stopped doing photography. I could kick myself for that. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 1:30 PM Subject: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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My FIRST Super Program was packed inside a rucksack that bounced out the back of an Army 5-ton truck during a convoy movement. The rucksack was run over by the next truck in line. I had CAREFULLY stowed my ruck, but some anonymous someone moved it in order to get to their own gear. They did not take as much care as I had to re-secure it. The Army did not reimburse the loss. From: Ann Sanfedele oK - I'll play... Id gone back to lurking for a couple of days but here I am :-) the classic one we all did (film didnt catch, didn' t notice the winder-side not turning, etc...) as mentioned by Collin . Forgetting to change the ASA /ISO on the KX or LX after changing from 25 or 64 k-chrome to 400 or , more often and more damaging , the reverse. But just as bad was on the LX the auto shutter speed on the dial was right next to the 1/2000. I'd set it to 1/2000 when changing film... and in the throes of excitement over what I was seeing and trying to capture in the field (the last best light, the beastie that was still there but might be gone in a moment - or whatever) I occasionally didn't get the knob turned back to auto shutter speed, on a windy day or in a noisy place I couldn't always hear the click . Sometimes I'd only ruin a frame or two before I realized - hmm , that doesn't sound right. Once or twice I knocked over the tripod with the camera on it... But he worst was when I drowned the first good digital camera I had by setting it in a bag I had used earlier in the day to carry my lunch in, including some ice. the inside of the bag was shiny aluminum (using non-camerbag carrying stuff on the streets of NY was my idea of protecting my gear - who would steal a lunch box?) . Out the door with the camera in bag it sat there for a couple of hours at a friends house before I realized. It killed the camera. ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On 4/14/2011 21:30, 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?) Well, accidentally or incidentally or both similar thing happened to me and my Zenit ET camera. Once I misloaded the film, I got so upset I gave the camera away and eventually bought a point and shoot that had film loading automated. Then I got a video camera and finally I bought my first Pentax. So, in a retrospect, I wouldn't probably call it the silliest thing, but it was pretty silly at the time... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On Apr 16, 2011, at 6:55, John Sessoms wrote: My FIRST Super Program was packed inside a rucksack that bounced out the back of an Army 5-ton truck during a convoy movement. The rucksack was run over by the next truck in line. I didn't miss my Super Program when it got stolen. The LCD displays for the readouts were completely useless for night-time and cold-weather photography. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com writes: The Praktica is built like a tank. Weighs like a tank; shakes like a tank when you press the shutter; sounds like a tank, ... :-) No kidding. I once dropped a Praktica while standing on a six foot or so high ledge -- say a 10-12 foot drop, onto blacktop. It landed upside down, and got a small dent in the top of the prism, but there was no real damage. -tih -- I don't believe that souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. --Christopher Hitchens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:00:34AM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: Stan Halpin John, for that method to work, you need to pay attention to whether or not the the rewind crank is turning, or whatever that body's signal is. For those of us who sometimes didn't pay attention, we had many phantom photos. And sometimes, even after learning that trick, you get in a hurry and forget. That's a mistake I never made - I guess I'm just too systematic for that. Not that it made me mistake-proof; I managed to forget to change the ASA rating on several occasions until DX-coding came along. But to the best of my recollection the only time I had film advance problems was when I had a mechanical failure in the camera gear train. Just lucky, I guess. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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Not my camera but my only such story. Back in late 1979, I went to central London with a friend one weekend to take some photos. He had two expensive Nikon cameras, bag, lenses, rolls of film - I took my entire camera collection which consisted of an MX, 50mm lens and one roll of film in the camera, in a plastic carrier bag. At one point we took pictures from London Bridge and my friend commented that I should buy a neck strap, in case I dropped the camera. A few minutes later on the other side of the bridge, one of the cameras he had on a neck strap made a faint metallic noise as the clip snapped, and a few moments later, one very expensive Nikon camera made a small splash on the surface of the River Thames never to be seen again, followed immediately by an interesting gurgling noise from my friend. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
Not my camera but my only such story. Back in late 1979, I went to central London with a friend one weekend to take some photos. He had two expensive Nikon cameras, bag, lenses, rolls of film - I took my entire camera collection which consisted of an MX, 50mm lens and one roll of film in the camera, in a plastic carrier bag. At one point we took pictures from London Bridge and my friend commented that I should buy a neck strap, in case I dropped the camera. A few minutes later on the other side of the bridge, one of the cameras he had on a neck strap made a faint metallic noise as the clip snapped, and a few moments later, one very expensive Nikon camera made a small splash on the surface of the River Thames never to be seen again, followed immediately by an interesting gurgling noise from my friend. Malcolm interesting story! Back at about that same time I went into Central London with a friend. He too had a whole bunch of Nikons and lenses stuuf, and I too had just an MX and 1 lens and a flash. We were setting up to take some pictures in Parliament Sq and I was putting my MX onto a tripod when I noticed it lurch forward and fall to the pavement. It survived the fall and has retained the ding in the pentaprism cover, but no other ill effects. But that's what taught me always to use a strap. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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interesting story! Back at about that same time I went into Central London with a friend. He too had a whole bunch of Nikons and lenses stuuf, and I too had just an MX and 1 lens and a flash. We were setting up to take some pictures in Parliament Sq and I was putting my MX onto a tripod when I noticed it lurch forward and fall to the pavement. It survived the fall and has retained the ding in the pentaprism cover, but no other ill effects. But that's what taught me always to use a strap. I learnt two lessons that day. Despite the mishap, I did buy a strap - I also acquired something else he had and I didn't - insurance. I've also taken the strap off before putting a camera on to a tripod, something I feel I should not do in future reading the above! Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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Oh, hell, I did some version of this a number of times. It got voted off the island very early in the silliest competition. On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:00 AM, Malcolm Smith rrve...@virginmedia.com wrote: Not my camera but my only such story. Back in late 1979, I went to central London with a friend one weekend to take some photos. He had two expensive Nikon cameras, bag, lenses, rolls of film - I took my entire camera collection which consisted of an MX, 50mm lens and one roll of film in the camera, in a plastic carrier bag. At one point we took pictures from London Bridge and my friend commented that I should buy a neck strap, in case I dropped the camera. A few minutes later on the other side of the bridge, one of the cameras he had on a neck strap made a faint metallic noise as the clip snapped, and a few moments later, one very expensive Nikon camera made a small splash on the surface of the River Thames never to be seen again, followed immediately by an interesting gurgling noise from my friend. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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oK - I'll play... Id gone back to lurking for a couple of days but here I am :-) the classic one we all did (film didnt catch, didn' t notice the winder-side not turning, etc...) as mentioned by Collin . Forgetting to change the ASA /ISO on the KX or LX after changing from 25 or 64 k-chrome to 400 or , more often and more damaging , the reverse. But just as bad was on the LX the auto shutter speed on the dial was right next to the 1/2000. I'd set it to 1/2000 when changing film... and in the throes of excitement over what I was seeing and trying to capture in the field (the last best light, the beastie that was still there but might be gone in a moment - or whatever) I occasionally didn't get the knob turned back to auto shutter speed, on a windy day or in a noisy place I couldn't always hear the click . Sometimes I'd only ruin a frame or two before I realized - hmm , that doesn't sound right. Once or twice I knocked over the tripod with the camera on it... But he worst was when I drowned the first good digital camera I had by setting it in a bag I had used earlier in the day to carry my lunch in, including some ice. the inside of the bag was shiny aluminum (using non-camerbag carrying stuff on the streets of NY was my idea of protecting my gear - who would steal a lunch box?) . Out the door with the camera in bag it sat there for a couple of hours at a friends house before I realized. It killed the camera. ann John Sessoms wrote: From: Keith Whaley Collin Brendemuehl wrote: 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 Hah. Not older'n'dirt Me. The leader take-up tab didn't catch or slipped out, and the film never advanced. Been there, done that... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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The Praktica is built like a tank. Weighs like a tank; shakes like a tank when you press the shutter; sounds like a tank, ... :-) Found one of those all black LTLs with Pentacon 50mm f1.8 at the Denver Flea Market for $4 about a year ago. Looked like it had been used very little, but the hard case it was in (original Practica also) was so poorly designed that it was the case that actually damaged the camera: Two nice wear marks up on the prism housing and the corresponding velvet worn from the inside of the case. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On 15/04/2011 05:38, Steven Desjardins wrote: I seem to remember a story like this on the PDML. It must have been you. Might have been me, recounting dropping my Z1-p, LX, AF280T and assorted lenses and accessories into a river in Siberia. In my defence, it wasn't actually me that did the dropping. You can also substitute foul language for the praying bit. On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:20 PM, David J Brookspentko...@gmail.com wrote: Dropping my SP500 in the pacific ocean near the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia. Two days of drying and praying and all was well -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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Believe I've done virtually all these same things..twice. Never dumped over the tripod with camera, but forgetting to change ISO when switching films was my 'favorite.' While at a local lake recently, I herd loud splashing, thrashing, squawking and looked up to see two swans having it out about 50 yds from me. Surprisingly violent! I immediately got on them (in AF-C) and got all lathered up with excitement and gratitude for being allowed to witness this photo award winning event. When they broke it up I went to the monitor to chimp and grin. No Card in Camera. ! Jack --- On Fri, 4/15/11, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 15, 2011, 7:12 AM oK - I'll play... Id gone back to lurking for a couple of days but here I am :-) the classic one we all did (film didnt catch, didn' t notice the winder-side not turning, etc...) as mentioned by Collin . Forgetting to change the ASA /ISO on the KX or LX after changing from 25 or 64 k-chrome to 400 or , more often and more damaging , the reverse. But just as bad was on the LX the auto shutter speed on the dial was right next to the 1/2000. I'd set it to 1/2000 when changing film... and in the throes of excitement over what I was seeing and trying to capture in the field (the last best light, the beastie that was still there but might be gone in a moment - or whatever) I occasionally didn't get the knob turned back to auto shutter speed, on a windy day or in a noisy place I couldn't always hear the click . Sometimes I'd only ruin a frame or two before I realized - hmm , that doesn't sound right. Once or twice I knocked over the tripod with the camera on it... But he worst was when I drowned the first good digital camera I had by setting it in a bag I had used earlier in the day to carry my lunch in, including some ice. the inside of the bag was shiny aluminum (using non-camerbag carrying stuff on the streets of NY was my idea of protecting my gear - who would steal a lunch box?) . Out the door with the camera in bag it sat there for a couple of hours at a friends house before I realized. It killed the camera. ann John Sessoms wrote: From: Keith Whaley Collin Brendemuehl wrote: 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 Hah. Not older'n'dirt Me. The leader take-up tab didn't catch or slipped out, and the film never advanced. Been there, done that... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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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Jack Davis wrote: When they broke it up I went to the monitor to chimp and grin. No Card in Camera. ! Time to change that menu setting about shooting without a card. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I seem to remember a story like this on the PDML. It must have been you. On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:20 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Dropping my SP500 in the pacific ocean near the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia. Two days of drying and praying and all was well Dave Yes that was me. Despite the incident, the first CLA i needed to do on that camera was in 1997, camera bought in 1971. Dave On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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It's funny how I remembered an incident that banged me up, only causing cosmetic damage to the camera, and until now had forgotten A few weeks after I bought my K20, I was driving to work for a mandatory work on Saturday day. I saw a redtail hawk in a tree, pulled over, and in a hurry, put the K20 on the bigma and the bigma on my monopod. I got a few shots of the hawk and the monopod collapsed a bit. I lifted the monopod up so I could reach the lower segment to adjust it, and K20 and bigma disconnected from the monopod and landed on the asphalt below. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157615629173367/ I sent the K20 in for repair, got it back and it had some minor quirky problem. When I sent it back, it took them so long, they eventually just sent me a completely new K20. The only apparent damage to the bigma was that the zoom is now a bit stiff. This isn't entirely a bad thing, because it now stays were I set it. A little over a year later, I was pulling my camera bag out of the trunk, and the camera section wasn't zippered, launching the K20 to the pavement. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624073414869/ When I got it back, just in time for burning man, I neglected to check what format the photos were saved in. It had been set back to the factory default of JPEG, so my nighttime shots with the K20 were useless. Fortunately, I mostly shot with the K-x at night. On Apr 15, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: interesting story! Back at about that same time I went into Central London with a friend. He too had a whole bunch of Nikons and lenses stuuf, and I too had just an MX and 1 lens and a flash. We were setting up to take some pictures in Parliament Sq and I was putting my MX onto a tripod when I noticed it lurch forward and fall to the pavement. It survived the fall and has retained the ding in the pentaprism cover, but no other ill effects. But that's what taught me always to use a strap. I learnt two lessons that day. Despite the mishap, I did buy a strap - I also acquired something else he had and I didn't - insurance. I've also taken the strap off before putting a camera on to a tripod, something I feel I should not do in future reading the above! Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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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 Hah. Not older'n'dirt Me. The leader take-up tab didn't catch or slipped out, and the film never advanced. Been there, done that... keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On 11-04-14 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 That was the favourite failure mode of my Praktica and drove me nuts. Eventually I decided to always waste the 1st frame by doing one extra advance to see if it was still winding. Better that than waste an entire roll. I think I also figured out how to pop the top on the 35mm canister and re-feed the leader out when I knew this had happened. Gah! I had put that whole sour memory out of my mind ... -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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during a photo class we used disposable cameras; i used my to shoot my nephew during a short vacation, but i jumped into a pool with the camera in my pocket (a few of the shots came out okay) while changing lens beside a canal in Amsterdam, my Canon 20mm in its neoprene soft case rolled off a bench and across the paving toward the water, stopping only a few inches from the edge; that got me a good laugh with a couple of locals -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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While in college, shooting for the annual with rangefinder, I managed to shoot a whole roll with the lens cap on. Bill On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 11-04-14 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On Apr 14, 2011, at 13:30, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: 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?) Yeah. Hey, cool, I've managed to squeeze 38 shots onto this roll. Now I'm up to... uh oh oh nuts -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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In the gelatine days I had the habit of not winding the lip of a film entirely into the cartrige. In a friend's marriage once, I made sure I had exposed film in one pocket and unexposed film in the other. Then I was asked to do a group shot and had to change film with all the wedding guests lined up in front of me. I picked a roll from the wrong pocket. Most of the exposures were screw'd of course, but there were a few silly fun shots too. Like the groom's two gorgeous young sisters waiting for the couple to exit the church. Prudently erect and elegant in their cocktail dresses, holding their little purses in front of them. Except the one purse that was exactly replaced by a slightly overexposed box of table salt... 2011/4/14 Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net: 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Bill Owens wmbow...@gmail.com wrote: While in college, shooting for the annual with rangefinder, I managed to shoot a whole roll with the lens cap on. I was frequently grateful that my Canonet's auto-exposure mechanism locked out the shutter button if there wasn't enough light. (The AE sensor was behind the lens cap.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 02:54:49PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: That was the favourite failure mode of my Praktica and drove me nuts. Eventually I decided to always waste the 1st frame by doing one extra advance to see if it was still winding. Better that than waste an entire roll. I guess I';m a little confused here. On all the film cameras I owned you had to advance the film a couple of frames after closing the back. I used to do this after turning the rewind crank to pre-tension the film (which I generally did while the camera back was still open). That way it was very obvious if the film was advancing properly. the ME had some little indicator to show the film was moving, IIRC, but I never relied on that. The same trick worked on later cameras with motorised film advance. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On Apr 14, 2011, at 4:25 PM, John Francis wrote: On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 02:54:49PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: That was the favourite failure mode of my Praktica and drove me nuts. Eventually I decided to always waste the 1st frame by doing one extra advance to see if it was still winding. Better that than waste an entire roll. I guess I';m a little confused here. On all the film cameras I owned you had to advance the film a couple of frames after closing the back. I used to do this after turning the rewind crank to pre-tension the film (which I generally did while the camera back was still open). That way it was very obvious if the film was advancing properly. the ME had some little indicator to show the film was moving, IIRC, but I never relied on that. The same trick worked on later cameras with motorised film advance. John, for that method to work, you need to pay attention to whether or not the the rewind crank is turning, or whatever that body's signal is. For those of us who sometimes didn't pay attention, we had many phantom photos. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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My first quarter of college I was out for a bike ride, looking for things to photograph Northeast of Davis. I saw a plane that was going to fly nearly overhead, but if I rushed, I might be able to get directly below the flight path. Riding without hands, at top speed I focused and set the exposure. All was fine until I reached down with my left hand to hit the brake. The front brake. I flew ass over teakettle over the handlebars. The dust hadn't even settled before I was checking that my camera was alright. Then my bike. At that point I realized that I was pretty well scraped up. On Apr 14, 2011, at 11:30 AM, 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On 11-04-14 4:25 PM, John Francis wrote: On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 02:54:49PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: That was the favourite failure mode of my Praktica and drove me nuts. Eventually I decided to always waste the 1st frame by doing one extra advance to see if it was still winding. Better that than waste an entire roll. I guess I';m a little confused here. On all the film cameras I owned you had to advance the film a couple of frames after closing the back. I used to do this after turning the rewind crank to pre-tension the film (which I generally did while the camera back was still open). That way it was very obvious if the film was advancing properly. the ME had some little indicator to show the film was moving, IIRC, but I never relied on that. The same trick worked on later cameras with motorised film advance. The issue with the Praktica (mine was an LTL, circa 1972 iirc) was that the film sprocket grabbing mechanism would let go *after* you had done the obligatory two advances after shutting the back. It just wasn't a very good design. You would slip the leader under a lip and simply lay the end above the takeup reel. Advancing the film two shutter-releases was supposed to cause the takeup reel to snag the leader, but frequently failed to. I read on a Praktica nostalgia site that many others experienced this too. The Praktica is built like a tank. Weighs like a tank; shakes like a tank when you press the shutter; sounds like a tank, ... :-) It's still in one piece and working, I'll give it that. But that's at least partly because it has very low mileage on it. My wife, who introduced me to Pentax, wouldn't touch it. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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Dropping my SP500 in the pacific ocean near the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia. Two days of drying and praying and all was well Dave On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 07:14:51PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: The Praktica is built like a tank. Weighs like a tank; shakes like a tank when you press the shutter; sounds like a tank, ... :-) QC was dubious at best, though. My brother bought a Praktica at around the same time I bought my Spotmatic II, and his died long before I gave my Spotty away to a friend. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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I seem to remember a story like this on the PDML. It must have been you. On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:20 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Dropping my SP500 in the pacific ocean near the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia. Two days of drying and praying and all was well Dave On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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From: Keith Whaley 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 Hah. Not older'n'dirt Me. The leader take-up tab didn't catch or slipped out, and the film never advanced. Been there, done that... Yeah, but I noticed before rewinding; usually about the time the film counter passed 45. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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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From: Stan Halpin On Apr 14, 2011, at 4:25 PM, John Francis wrote: On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 02:54:49PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: That was the favourite failure mode of my Praktica and drove me nuts. Eventually I decided to always waste the 1st frame by doing one extra advance to see if it was still winding. Better that than waste an entire roll. I guess I';m a little confused here. On all the film cameras I owned you had to advance the film a couple of frames after closing the back. I used to do this after turning the rewind crank to pre-tension the film (which I generally did while the camera back was still open). That way it was very obvious if the film was advancing properly. the ME had some little indicator to show the film was moving, IIRC, but I never relied on that. The same trick worked on later cameras with motorised film advance. John, for that method to work, you need to pay attention to whether or not the the rewind crank is turning, or whatever that body's signal is. For those of us who sometimes didn't pay attention, we had many phantom photos. And sometimes, even after learning that trick, you get in a hurry and forget. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
