What a nightmare I am experiencing getting my camera body and three lenses back from service.
First attempt “by end of business day”. So much for the “end” part. I was out riding my horse at 10:45 a.m. when they made the first delivery attempt.

Second attempt with same timeframe both my husband and I were home...he outside with the RV running (he does monthly service checks) and me 30’ from the front door tidying our indoor/outdoor porch. He saw nothing and I heard nothing. Obviously the driver didn’t make much of an attempt. I immediately called FedEx to complain and said WTF...how could he have missed us? Offered the option to have package left at local dropzone by 6 p.m.....guess what...package was never dropped.

Called FedEx again. By this time I was losing patience, getting frustrated and increasingly concerned about my expensive gear taking an east coast tour. Was told driver would make second attempt that evening. Three guesses (first two don’t count): no package.

It is now 6 a.m. on Day 3... do I know where my package is? Guess....see previous sentence above.

I am disgruntled, worried and expect to spend the day sitting on my front stoop...in the rain...with signs lining my (longish) driveway saying (in red ink)...hey FedEx guy, I’m here. Call me! Written in caps.

Moral of the story: think twice before requiring a signature. I thought I was doing the prudent thing, but it has come back to bite me in the *ss.

Hello once again I turn to the knowledge of the HHH. I was looking at videos, and so I got interested. I called sony because I am using a sonya6400. We set the camera in movie mode. Then I bought a rode videomic pro. The problem when I play the video back, I can barely hear what is being said. So I called sony , I got the audio set to 31 the max, and the playback to the max. Still can't hear much. so I sent the video mic pro back and now I am wondering if its not the camera. Sweetwater is supposed to send me a replacement mike. another problem is I don't know how much sound I am supposed to hear with the rode video mic pro plugged into the sonya6400, could it be the camera???

Thank you in advance
Paul Anderson

I think you had a very good start but it fell short. The scene and lighting were good but the sun and reflections distract me. The blue of the sky having very few clouds is very pretty. The foreground is sharp The sun forced the left into the shadows creating an unpleasant conflict with the right side of the print. I would crop of the left side and remove the reflections and wisps of clouds.

The real missed opportunity is not shooting vertically. I suspect you shot horizontally but correct me if I am wrong. I do not like how the tree top is lopped off and would like to see more of the foreground and sky. I typically shoot vertically with a lot of overlap and as far as I can horizontally. That way, I have more cropping choices in LR.

Thanks for posting and let me know what you think.

I once used a IBM Microdrive, but I was always afraid of it jamming or just loosing data, so I used cards less than 1 gig on my first Fuji S1. Eventually I gave my wife the smaller cards for her little Nikon and I started to go big time with 2 & 4 gig cards; then bigger. Now my Nikon 750 uses two SD card and my Nikon 800 uses one too. Couple the physical card differences with the larger file sizes those smaller cards seem to have zero use. In the back yard, I've buried a family dog and more than a few cats, but I probably have room for the CF cards too? <g>

Tell you what, this thing has been sitting for quite a few years, I can send it to you Priority Mail in a small box if you will just pay postage. If you want the original box, I would have to use a medium-sized box, but the postage would be higher. I will check for the exact amount for the postage and get back to you. If you would send a check or money order for the postage, there will be no charge for the cable.

If you would be interested in a Turbo battery (not the RCA plug type) I have one, but the internal battery would have to be replaced. Price for replacement would be in the neighborhood of $50 or so.