Embarrassed!! How could I?
Aug 21, 2018 09:35:26 #
I have done the same in the past. I would not be surprised to learn that others have also done so.
Cheers. Dale
Cheers. Dale
Aug 21, 2018 09:51:22 #
hpucker99 wrote:
It is possible to make the same mistake but in a worst location:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7-NCw-G9ms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7-NCw-G9ms
How is it that smart people can be so dumb?
Aug 21, 2018 10:06:31 #
Been there, Done it to, Italy 1977.............Present Day just deleted my SD Card with photo's I did not save to computer. Now trying to retrieve them.
Aug 21, 2018 10:12:29 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
markngolf wrote:
I've posted a few images and comments about my Son... (show quote)
You still have the memories and a lot of practice if you should see the sights again. Who knows; maybe the shot you would have made without the chip would have been so-so compared to the one you will make. Still disappointing but at least you were there and learned about what you would have shot.
Aug 21, 2018 10:25:27 #
So Sorry Mark - I feel for you. I'm paranoid about this and before venturing out with my camera, I check loads of times to make sure I've got cards/batteries etc. Years ago during film days, I was on a Nile cruise. I got up before sunrise one day and went on deck waiting for the sun to rise. Happily taking photos and finished a whole film of 36. I quickly went to rewind it to change and to my horror discovered that I hadn't attached the film properly and didn' take one single shot. As it was the last day of the cruise, I never had the opportunity to do it again. I was devastated and vowed will do another cruise one day.
40 years later and still haven't managed to go...Grace
40 years later and still haven't managed to go...Grace
markngolf wrote:
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Aug 21, 2018 10:30:02 #
rwww80a
Loc: Hampton, NH
I think that after the first "no card" message, I would have found the card and put it in the camera. Batteries work the same way they run down half way through the shoot.
Aug 21, 2018 10:32:46 #
Oh and just remembered...one other stupid thing I did last November, after my Costa Rica holiday. I downloaded photos from one SD card and forgot to download the pics from second card and formatted the card. I managed to retrieve a few using Recuva but lost many...annoying that these things happen after or during a holiday....
Grace98 wrote:
So Sorry Mark - I feel for you. I'm paranoid abou... (show quote)
Aug 21, 2018 10:34:44 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
markngolf wrote:
I've posted a few images and comments about my Son... (show quote)
that has happened to all of us. I am saddened by the fact that your once in a lifetime images were lost to the no card in camera gods.
Aug 21, 2018 10:39:22 #
dparsh
Loc: Massachusetts
unfortunately I have done the same thing but..... I was not on vacation, the images were not major in like I could re shoot and I realized it after 4 or 5 shots. I am so sorry this happened to you. I would be in tears over it.
Aug 21, 2018 10:44:03 #
markngolf wrote:
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Congratulations on having the courage to admit to this. We have all been there in one way or another. Keep shooting, even with a card if you want.
Aug 21, 2018 10:45:24 #
Oh no, Mark. So sorry that happened. This sort of catastrophe speaks to the point that occasionally "chimping" isn't a bad thing after all. Sorry also that we won't get to see some of those memorable images you almost captured.
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Aug 21, 2018 10:51:35 #
That is so sad Mark. It happened to me once and so I always check if I have a card. At least you have a memory!!
Aug 21, 2018 10:53:46 #
ballsafire
Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
hpucker99 wrote:
It is possible to make the same mistake but in a worst location:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7-NCw-G9ms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7-NCw-G9ms
Yes, mistakes can cause much more than forgetting to insert a card!! Enjoyed reviewing the Challlenger accident. Thanks
Aug 21, 2018 11:13:51 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
I've used more than one digital camera (including my Canon 60D) that could be set to disable the shutter if there is no memory card present. Not an option on your camera?
Aug 21, 2018 11:16:34 #
LA
Loc: Little Rock, AR
AndyH wrote:
So sorry this happened. The memories will have to suffice for this trip. I hope many more are to come!
However, I do think this is a basic "safety" feature that every camera should include as a default, rather than hidden away in the middle of a hundred page or more manual. Poor design on their part even more than a mistake on yours.
Andy
However, I do think this is a basic "safety" feature that every camera should include as a default, rather than hidden away in the middle of a hundred page or more manual. Poor design on their part even more than a mistake on yours.
Andy
Does no one read anyone else's posts?
As I said earlier in this thread, I checked my Sony RX10 iv and found that the default is to:
1 - display a FLASHING "NO CARD"
and if you try to take a photo anyway,
2 - to not let you do so, but instead fills the screen with a msg, CANNOT OPEN THE SHUTTER SINCE THE MEMORY CARD IS NOT INSERTED.
The fault, dear Reader, is not in our Sony,
But in ourselves.
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