BillO
Loc: Eastern Shore Maryland
Ok, so yesterday my wife and I took a walk down the boardwalk in Ocean City Maryland and I took along one of my SLR's. The day started out overcast and foogy, but the sun came out beautifully later. Remember that..its important!
I decided to take a few photos and raised my camera. To my horror...nothing. I could barely see through the view finder and none of the electronic senor indicators were showing (usually green led).
I almost panicked, turning the camera on and off and trying to see what I had wrong..still nothing.
It was then I noticed that if I depressed the shutter button, the camera did cycle and took a picture.
Now I was really stumped.
Then it hit me. I had to sit and laugh.The sun had come out!
I simply had on my "wrong" eyeglasses.
The ones I was wearing were "the auto-darkening type" and the sun had darkened them to the point that I could not see the LEDS and barely through the view finder.
Off came the glasses and poof went the problem.
It made for a good laugh anyway.
A case of Oldtimers disease.
BillO
You must have polarized glasses.
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
Life is full of little surprises....but don't you love "an easy fix".
Funny, but I don't know what to say. 😎
LOL I can relate! Sometimes I can't see anything through the viewfinder - until I remember to remove the lens cap!
BillO wrote:
Ok, so yesterday my wife and I took a walk down the boardwalk in Ocean City Maryland and I took along one of my SLR's. The day started out overcast and foogy, but the sun came out beautifully later. Remember that..its important!
I decided to take a few photos and raised my camera. To my horror...nothing. I could barely see through the view finder and none of the electronic senor indicators were showing (usually green led).
I almost panicked, turning the camera on and off and trying to see what I had wrong..still nothing.
It was then I noticed that if I depressed the shutter button, the camera did cycle and took a picture.
Now I was really stumped.
Then it hit me. I had to sit and laugh.The sun had come out!
I simply had on my "wrong" eyeglasses.
The ones I was wearing were "the auto-darkening type" and the sun had darkened them to the point that I could not see the LEDS and barely through the view finder.
Off came the glasses and poof went the problem.
It made for a good laugh anyway.
A case of Oldtimers disease.
BillO
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Some of us are also approaching those "Old Timer" days. Laughter really is the best medicine for it. BTW, I'm from the "Eastern Shore" as well. Is your "Easter Shore, Maryland" anywhere near that? Are colored eggs involved? 😊
BillO
Loc: Eastern Shore Maryland
Yes Easter Shore = Eastern Shore MD
Maybe I'll fix that.
No, no Easter eggs involved, but plenty of chickens around....
My senior moment was leaving before daylight to go set up for early sunrise photos, whats this ? no image omg wheres the memory card at , no problem i always have a spare on hand .
What no spares , thank goodness for the 24 hr walmart to save the day ( but not the sunrise )
rule 1 check your gear before leaving home
All's well that ends well.
Thanks for the chuckle!
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I'm glad that I'm not alone in having "brain fluffs". Please be aware that the frequency increases as we get older, grin.
Thanks for the laugh,
JimmyT Sends
BillO wrote:
Ok, so yesterday my wife and I took a walk down the boardwalk in Ocean City Maryland and I took along one of my SLR's. The day started out overcast and foogy, but the sun came out beautifully later. Remember that..its important!
I decided to take a few photos and raised my camera. To my horror...nothing. I could barely see through the view finder and none of the electronic senor indicators were showing (usually green led).
I almost panicked, turning the camera on and off and trying to see what I had wrong..still nothing.
It was then I noticed that if I depressed the shutter button, the camera did cycle and took a picture.
Now I was really stumped.
Then it hit me. I had to sit and laugh.The sun had come out!
I simply had on my "wrong" eyeglasses.
The ones I was wearing were "the auto-darkening type" and the sun had darkened them to the point that I could not see the LEDS and barely through the view finder.
Off came the glasses and poof went the problem.
It made for a good laugh anyway.
A case of Oldtimers disease.
BillO
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I wish my glasses worked that well....
Welcome to the , .... sorry, forgot what I was going to write.
Mark
BillO wrote:
Ok, so yesterday my wife and I took a walk down the boardwalk in Ocean City Maryland and I took along one of my SLR's. The day started out overcast and foogy, but the sun came out beautifully later. Remember that..its important!
I decided to take a few photos and raised my camera. To my horror...nothing. I could barely see through the view finder and none of the electronic senor indicators were showing (usually green led).
I almost panicked, turning the camera on and off and trying to see what I had wrong..still nothing.
It was then I noticed that if I depressed the shutter button, the camera did cycle and took a picture.
Now I was really stumped.
Then it hit me. I had to sit and laugh.The sun had come out!
I simply had on my "wrong" eyeglasses.
The ones I was wearing were "the auto-darkening type" and the sun had darkened them to the point that I could not see the LEDS and barely through the view finder.
Off came the glasses and poof went the problem.
It made for a good laugh anyway.
A case of Oldtimers disease.
BillO
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