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11/23/2004 12:37:35 AM · #1 |
| I recently went to Jamaica to shoot a wedding. During my little trip, I had a few camera fiasco's. First, one of the bridesmaids accidentally poured an entire glass of wine on my camera! The poor thing was saturated. I grabbed napkins and wet towels to begin sopping up the mess. Luckily, the film card did not appear to be wet. I did have wine between the contact of my lens and camera body, wine between my flash and camera body, wine in the all areas of my flash...including the battery compartment....wine everywhere! Eventually, all was dry and the camera continued to work...no images lost. Later, my camera bag drooped from my shoulder and out dropped my 50mm and fisheye lenses onto a hard ceramic tile floor! Both lenses are fine. I am home now and all equipment is operating is it should. The 50mm has now been dropped on a hard surface 4 times...still works...nothing cracked...no problems. ;) I was always a Nikon fan...but now its BELIEF! |
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11/23/2004 12:56:53 AM · #2 |
Wow Julia, travelling to Jaimaica for a shoot, guess that proves you are a real photographer (unlike many of us pretenders). First on a serious note, welcome home, and glad you and your camera made it back functional :)
And on the lighter side, you qualify to play a little game left by ButterflySis in another thread while you were gone:
Originally posted by ButterflySis:
Don't Let the Drunk Guy Fall Down"
Use your mouse, hold button down and 'sway' the guy to either side to keep him upright.
22 meters for me so far.
Have fun. :-) |
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11/23/2004 12:57:23 AM · #3 |
Sounds like you are accident prone.
i have always like nikon the best (being the proud owner of a nikormatt and an F3) i just haven't had the $ to buy a DSLR from them.
but as long as we're on to storytellin', a coworker of mine was in the Vietnam War and a nikon saved his life he was flying in a choper low to the ground when there was a shot out of the undergroth the bullet would have gone through the right side and out of his head and out the left (by his temple) but thanx to his f1 the bullet stoped in the camera body before going through the film.
nikons rock!
oh and he droped another f1 out of another chopper it fell 100ft. and was working upon his finding it laying on a cement landing pad.
anyway, better luck to u and your camera in your next adventure.
_brando_
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11/23/2004 04:32:51 AM · #4 |
Great story but I wouldn't attempt a 5th drop just in case the luck has run out. ;)
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11/23/2004 10:37:09 AM · #5 |
nah...not accident prone. Its just that if you constantly have camera in hand...your bound to have an accident now and again. I have the old F3 set up and realize its strength. I could kill a man with that camera body! The digital cameras feel like a plastic toy in comparison so I was pretty surprised by the durability.
As for being a real photographer...maybe im just getting pretty good at pretending. The term professional always makes me giggle...im really just a kid playing with her favorite toy. |
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11/23/2004 10:47:04 AM · #6 |
I had a scary moment when shooting for October Free Study. I sometimes use the neckstrap when I am moving around with the camera. And on this particular day, I thought I had the strap on and let go of the camera. My reflexes were quick enough to prevent any damage. I caught it around my knees :)
Knowing it's not really a metal body makes me a bit cautious at times.
Now for what grigrigirl said just now. You may not call yourself a professional but your work is amazing. Someone who's paid monthly as a photographer who's job is to photography people coming out of night clubs, in case there's some one 'famous' is a professional photographer. I am sure you would not do that in your wildest dreams.
I love the way you play with your toy :) You are doing a superb job. |
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11/23/2004 11:45:59 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by nova:
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Woohoo...69 meters! LOL, that game is hilarious.
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