Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread Lon Williamson
Yup. Been there, done that. And undoubtably will do it again. Jon Myers wrote: I did that once. Grabbed my K-1000 and went for a hike... had been out a while when I noticed the rewind knob wasn't turning when I advanced the film. I assumed it hadn't loaded properly, so I opened the back. There

Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread mike wilson
John Francis wrote: Add's a whole new meaning to the term "Compact Flash" :-) How do _you_ know he takes a cold shower? On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 01:06:57PM -0500, herb greenslade wrote: Hi Tom Know the feeling. One morning while getting ready for work, my wife called me to the patio doo

Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread John Francis
Add's a whole new meaning to the term "Compact Flash" :-) On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 01:06:57PM -0500, herb greenslade wrote: > > Hi Tom > > Know the feeling. One morning while getting ready for work, my wife called me > to the patio door to see a hawk sitting on our fence. > Ran to get my ca

Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread Tom C
Fortunately, where I live, I don't often worry about neighbors eyes. Tom C. From: herb greenslade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Tom Know the feeling. One morning while getting ready for work, my wife called me to the patio door to see a hawk sitting on our fence. Ran to get my camera and lens, posit

Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread herb greenslade
Hi Tom Know the feeling. One morning while getting ready for work, my wife called me to the patio door to see a hawk sitting on our fence. Ran to get my camera and lens, positioned myself and shot a dozen or more frames before the hawk flew, afterwards only to discover I didn't have film in

Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread E.R.N. Reed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First thing i changed on the istD when i got it was the file squence thing. Then the CF card thing.:-) First thing I changed was the firmware, but I've changed those other two items as well.

Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread Tom C
into work with me yesterday AM. I took the CF out of the camera, leaving the camera in the car. When I left work I put the CF in my laptop case. Tom C. From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: The Quintessent

Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread keith_w
Tom C wrote: I was on the way home last night. Clear skies, the bright crescent moon was setting over the mountains, earthshine clearly illuminating the remainder. I stopped at a pull-off and set up the *ist D with 500mm Tokina on the tripod. Used the IF remote shutter release to avoid the s

Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread John Francis
The first thing I did on my D, even before putting a memory card in it, was to go through all the option settings and change them to what *I* wanted. That's pretty much what I did with the last couple of film cameras, too - the ones with "Pentax Functions". On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 11:55:43AM +0

Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread brooksdj
First thing i changed on the istD when i got it was the file squence thing. Then the CF card thing.:-) Dave > --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was on the way home last night. Clear skies, the > > bright crescent moon was > > setting over th

Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread Jon Myers
I did that once. Grabbed my K-1000 and went for a hike... had been out a while when I noticed the rewind knob wasn't turning when I advanced the film. I assumed it hadn't loaded properly, so I opened the back. There wasn't any film in it at all! --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was on t

The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread Tom C
I was on the way home last night. Clear skies, the bright crescent moon was setting over the mountains, earthshine clearly illuminating the remainder. I stopped at a pull-off and set up the *ist D with 500mm Tokina on the tripod. Used the IF remote shutter release to avoid the shakes. Images on