Dummies like me shouldn't have fancy cameras!
Jul 13, 2012 12:46:18 #
I was playing around with the buttons on my Nikon D300 and somehow put it in bracketing mode 1 full stop apart. Next day when I was taking pictures I couldn't figure out why most of them were either underexposed or overexposed. I was getting so frustrated that I had to take about 7 pictures of each scene to get one shot that was well exposed. My family was even more frustrated! My husband was making comments like "that person only had to take one picture with a point and shoot camera." The worst part is that I was at Glacier National Park when this happened so missed getting a lot of good shots. Of course I didn't have my manual with me and didn't figure out the problem until after I got home. Boo Hoo :(
Jul 13, 2012 12:52:12 #
donrent
Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
Hey ! Don't feel like the Lone Ranger.... I doubt if there is anyone who hasn't done that, reguardless of experience...
Jul 13, 2012 12:59:04 #
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Jul 13, 2012 13:03:06 #
shutterbug sue wrote:
I was playing around with the buttons on my Nikon ... (show quote)
Ha - I'm having a rotten day at work and you made me laugh - thank you. At least you are experimenting with your camera and learning its capabilities - kudos to you! Keep it up.
Jul 13, 2012 13:04:32 #
I once ruined a few dozen shots accidentally switching the mode dial from M to A. It was a frustrating, difficult lesson to learn: check and then re-check settings, and then check again, often!
Jul 13, 2012 14:04:24 #
shutterbug sue wrote:
I was playing around with the buttons on my Nikon ... (show quote)
The key is to learn from this and not repeat history. Now you know more about your camera,,,so there is a silver lining.
Jul 13, 2012 14:05:11 #
Thank-you everyone for the words of encouragement. I'm sure this isn't the last time I'll do something like this!
Jul 13, 2012 14:06:56 #
skidooman wrote:
The key is to learn from this and not repeat history. Now you know more about your camera,,,so there is a silver lining.
The key is to learn from this and not repeat history. Now you know more about your camera,,,so there is a silver lining.
I probably won't make that SAME mistake again, but I'm sure there are plenty of OTHER mistakes I can make!!! :)
Jul 13, 2012 14:07:29 #
AVarley wrote:
Sounds like good advice. :)I once ruined a few dozen shots accidentally switching the mode dial from M to A. It was a frustrating, difficult lesson to learn: check and then re-check settings, and then check again, often!
Jul 13, 2012 14:08:51 #
ecobin wrote:
Ha - I'm having a rotten day at work and you made me laugh - thank you. At least you are experimenting with your camera and learning its capabilities - kudos to you! Keep it up.
You're welcome, glad I could make you laugh! Hope the rest of your day is better! :)Ha - I'm having a rotten day at work and you made me laugh - thank you. At least you are experimenting with your camera and learning its capabilities - kudos to you! Keep it up.
Jul 13, 2012 14:10:40 #
St3v3M wrote:
I don't know if I would have ever figured it out on my own. I told a photographer friend what happened and she told me it sounded like I had bracketing turned on. That's when I looked in my manual to figure out how to turn it off! :)At least you knew to look in your manual to fix it!
Jul 13, 2012 14:29:48 #
shutterbug sue wrote:
St3v3M wrote:
I don't know if I would have ever figured it out on my own. I told a photographer friend what happened and she told me it sounded like I had bracketing turned on. That's when I looked in my manual to figure out how to turn it off! :)At least you knew to look in your manual to fix it!
You were smart enough to ask...
Jul 13, 2012 14:34:35 #
A word to the wise. When ever I finish a shooting and bring my gear to its home for the night (be that a tent, hotel room, home, whatever) I always clean the camera and any lens that was used and then RESET and camera and RESET the external flash (if it was used) All the DSLRs have a reset button. This way I always start the new day clean with no leftover issues. Thus I avoid most of these types of problems.
Just a thought. . .
Larry
Just a thought. . .
Larry
Jul 13, 2012 14:34:51 #
shutterbug sue wrote:
ecobin wrote:
Ha - I'm having a rotten day at work and you made me laugh - thank you. At least you are experimenting with your camera and learning its capabilities - kudos to you! Keep it up.
You're welcome, glad I could make you laugh! Hope the rest of your day is better! :)Ha - I'm having a rotten day at work and you made me laugh - thank you. At least you are experimenting with your camera and learning its capabilities - kudos to you! Keep it up.
BTW - I've done much worse - last year we went to Africa and I bought my wife a Canon SX 30is which she loves. To "help" her I went through the menus and set it up - big mistake, I should have let her do it - I enabled the date stamp, which it turns out is fairly large on that camera. After taking over 3,000 pictures she realized that the date stamp was really there and not just on the lcd screen - she was furious with me - I promised to remove it in photoshop on any that she requested - well I've probably done several hundred and taken many many hours - good learning experience in Photoshop - some were very difficult.
So, your error doesn't come close to mine! Hope you feel better!
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