What's your favorite dumb camera mistake?
Jan 3, 2022 17:45:41 #
Johnnyt
Loc: keizer Oregon
My favorite foul up is! While traveling in Europe back in the 1990’s I would take pictures and when the roll was done I would rewind it and not rewind it all the way into the cartridge. So I ended up with a couple of rolls of film that were double exposed! Imagine having photos of scenes that you probably never see again that were 2 photos superimposed on each other! All because not having the roll marked as used! Oh well! It was fun anyway! We did get to see some of it again!
The reason we were there was it was my older Son’s 21st. Birthday and he’d always wanted to see Germany so we took a driving tour all over Europe. It was fun!
The reason we were there was it was my older Son’s 21st. Birthday and he’d always wanted to see Germany so we took a driving tour all over Europe. It was fun!
Jan 3, 2022 18:35:17 #
Traveling 8 hours to do a panoramic photoshoot only to discover I left my prime lens at home. No where to rent one either. Golden hour lost out to using my trusty 28-300 zoom. Got a shot...but not THE shot. Gives me reason to go back to Virginia City, Nevada for another try. Love that place. Its haunting.
Jan 3, 2022 18:42:08 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
There's only you and your camera, guess I forget the memory card again ...
That's what I was going to say, that happened to me twice.Dumb!!!!!!!
Jan 3, 2022 18:59:46 #
JD750 wrote:
Let's have some fun. Be honest and let us all laugh at you. And you can laugh at us.
I will start.
My favorite dumb mistake is....
I will start.
My favorite dumb mistake is....
Mine is buying ny first camera. Now I have thousands of dollers worth of equipment sitting around in my home office. And AT 91, i haven't taken a picture in ages! I used to take a lot of pics at horseback pointing dog field trials but since I quit riding when I turned 90, that's out. And I ain't able to keep up anymore at walking spaniel trials. One brace is about all I'm good for. As I tell my wife, it's hell to get old but it still beats the alternative! <g> Harry
Jan 3, 2022 19:02:39 #
CamB wrote:
1) Taking a six week vacation to Scotland and Irel... (show quote)
The wedding ones had to hurt!
Jan 3, 2022 19:02:47 #
TriX wrote:
OK, I’ll bite. Not watching to see if the takeup spool is actually rotating when I wind off the leader on a film camera.
Dittto
Don
Jan 3, 2022 19:12:04 #
azted
Loc: Las Vegas, NV.
I had to stop reading these as they got too depressing! Got to page three and that was it!!!!
Jan 3, 2022 19:12:25 #
Delta49
Loc: Central Indiana
I was excited about a beautiful frosty morning with the blue sky and sun shine on all the trees. The frost looked like white fur on each limb. When I walked outside and took the lens cap off I noticed a small piece of lint on the lens so I blew the lint off and steamed up the lens quickly turning clean glass to frost covered. End of shoot !
Jan 3, 2022 20:44:07 #
Cubanphoto wrote:
The wedding ones had to hurt!
Telling the couple was bad. She was disappointed but he was livid. Maybe his reaction was why they didn’t last.
Jan 3, 2022 20:56:18 #
LeRoy Hart
Loc: Monterey California
JD750 wrote:
Let's have some fun. Be honest and let us all la... (show quote)
That's mine also, when using an ir release need to set the camera to 10 second/remote invariably forget to reset back to regular release.
Jan 3, 2022 21:10:08 #
The first year I shot any sports, in 2014, I was using just one camera and was at the United Soccer League championship game during Sacramento's first season. I had an extra card, but with a few minutes left and Sacramento comfortably ahead, my card, which I had forgotten to clear from a playoff game before, filled up. No problem, I had an extra. But I hadn't used it before and it wouldn't format, so I was forced to get all of the celebration shots with an iPhone 4. Ugh, could have been worse, I guess, but I learned several lessons that night that I've never repeated.
Jan 3, 2022 21:17:08 #
Bankshot
Loc: Henderson, NV, USA
Mine was soon after getting my 150-600 mm zoom, and getting out to moose country in Wyoming, seeing our first moose ever in the wild. About 20 shots later, moving locations, suddenly my camera and lens fell out of my gimbal and hit lens first on the pavement. It shattered the skylight filter- I had removed the lens shade because it was near dark already. The filter glass took ours to remove, but once done everything was fine. I had neglected to tighten the clamping screw enough on the mounting plate. Now I never take that lens hood off, and always double check the tightness of the mounting plate.
Bill
Bill
Jan 3, 2022 21:19:51 #
freediver808 wrote:
that….
and leaving lens cap on for underwater photography session while camera is securely protected by underwater housing and discovering that underwater…
and leaving lens cap on for underwater photography session while camera is securely protected by underwater housing and discovering that underwater…
Ok, that is good!
Jan 3, 2022 21:22:04 #
Not having my camera with me when something fantastic like dancing bears are right in front of me….
Jan 3, 2022 21:44:15 #
Showing up for a shoot with 3 (three) dead batteries. The laughter heard around the world. Forgetting to reset the white balance. Changing cameras and forgetting how to set up the newer one up. ...and the list goes on, and on, etc.
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