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Life is full of lessons
Mar 10, 2017 11:09:08 #
kb6kgx wrote:
OR… you HAD film, but it slipped off of the take-up reel and never advanced.
Lesson learned around 1955. It didn't happen again.
Mar 10, 2017 11:11:55 #
At least we could look at the rewind knob when we were advancing the film to make sure it was advancing. The film counter would advance anyway, even if the film wasn't properly loaded....
DirtFarmer wrote:
Lesson learned around 1955. It didn't happen again.
Mar 10, 2017 11:20:10 #
Basil wrote:
So I went on a 5 mile hike with my wife this morni... (show quote)
Yeah but it's a learning process. I once shot 37 pics on my old Pentax before realizing there was no film in the camera. Never did that again, but I was so pissed at myself I didn't even go back and re-shoot the pictures.
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Mar 10, 2017 12:12:00 #
Let's see
I have forgotten my tripod
Forgotten an SD card
Forgotten a battery or a spare
Forgotten to switch back from wildly inappropriate exposure settings
Left my lens cap on
Forgot a jacket
Didn't have any food
Didn't wear boots and got into mud
Left my VC on using a tripod
All cherished mistakes honing me into a better photographer. The more bitter the experience, the least likely you are to repeat it. Just keep going back. Those hawks haven't gone anywhere (yet) Sorry for your loss though!
I have forgotten my tripod
Forgotten an SD card
Forgotten a battery or a spare
Forgotten to switch back from wildly inappropriate exposure settings
Left my lens cap on
Forgot a jacket
Didn't have any food
Didn't wear boots and got into mud
Left my VC on using a tripod
All cherished mistakes honing me into a better photographer. The more bitter the experience, the least likely you are to repeat it. Just keep going back. Those hawks haven't gone anywhere (yet) Sorry for your loss though!
Mar 10, 2017 12:26:22 #
Mar 10, 2017 14:35:16 #
Making mistakes is sometimes the best teacher.
But the best student only makes the mistake once.
But the best student only makes the mistake once.
Mar 10, 2017 14:38:51 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Making mistakes is sometimes the best teacher.
But the best student only makes the mistake once.
But the best student only makes the mistake once.
Perhaps I will be staying back this year.
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Mar 10, 2017 15:19:55 #
Julian wrote:
Great to be so perfect! Lol 😆
Not at all. It's a hedge against being very imperfect!
Mar 10, 2017 15:21:49 #
Mar 10, 2017 17:32:28 #
DaveO wrote:
I keep a small extra little bag in the trunk with cleaner,cards,allen wrenches and a battery. Fool proof,but one of these days I'll probably forget my camera bag.
I keep my chargers in my bag. I also keep a small inverter in the car trunk to power all the chargers. I've topped off batteries a lot on the way to and from a photo opportunity!
Mar 10, 2017 17:50:06 #
burkphoto wrote:
I keep my chargers in my bag. I also keep a small inverter in the car trunk to power all the chargers. I've topped off batteries a lot on the way to and from a photo opportunity!
I keep my chargers in my bag. I also keep a small inverter in the car trunk to power all the chargers. I've topped off batteries a lot on the way to and from a photo opportunity!
Problem was I had different two bags set up with equipment/extras and depending where and what I was shooting I would take the appropriate one. Occasionally I would just grab a camera and lens and go and have nothing. No more!
Mar 10, 2017 17:56:38 #
SteveR wrote:
Took my ftb to a Michigan football game to get pics of a former h.s. teammate kicking off for Michigan. My Dad's tickets were 45 yard line, 34th row, so I had the perfect spot to get get great shots. Got home....no film in the camera. I've never done that before or since.
Also forgot to put film in my Ftb but did not realize it until I got home from an important family gathering. Needless to say, I wasn't the most popular member of the family.
Mar 10, 2017 21:28:24 #
Julian wrote:
My flight instructor once told me: "When you think you can fly without a check list you need to fly no more"
And you're the one getting on mcveed's case?
Mar 10, 2017 22:19:23 #
kb6kgx wrote:
OR… you HAD film, but it slipped off of the take-up reel and never advanced.
Mar 10, 2017 22:29:42 #
Basil wrote:
So I went on a 5 mile hike with my wife this morni... (show quote)
Well, it's like this, when you quit learning lessons, you're dead.
Once, on one of my walks, I took my camera along without checking the settings. I didn't even bother to turn the camera on, because I wasn't expecting to see anything worthwhile. Along comes this beautiful Barred Owl, and lands close by in a sunny spot. I start clicking away before Hootie decides to leave. I take maybe 100 shots. I had been trying to get shots of deer the evening before well after sundown. The deer were still as statues so I used a slow shutter of 1/80 and an iso of 1600. Imagine how stupid I felt when I viewed my overexposed owl shots. It happens to all of us-----I hope.
How did you get close enough to a hawk to use 135mm.?
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