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07/30/2007 04:01:42 PM · #1 |
So there I was in Austin gearing up to take some more shots prior to flying home to England. Ran through a few camera checks... only to discover that I could not change the focal point at all!. Now I am the first to admit that I was conferenced out and decidedly tired but, try as I might, I could not get the focal point to move: it was like it was frozen. Abandoned the shoot for the day and decided that life really sucked. Boy, did I behave like a spoilt brat or what!
Anyhow, got home, dismayed at the thought that I would have to put the camera in for repair when I decided to have one more go at solving the problem. After 20 minutes - nada! nothing! no go! no movement! Frustrated I ripped off the tailored Delkin guard for the rear screen when I noticed a sliding button sitting opposite an "L".
I could have cried: I had locked the focal point accidentally and did not realise that was the problem!
Suffice to say I am now a calmer, more reflective photographer who has learnt one major lesson: look for the bloody obvious before trying the esoteric!
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07/30/2007 04:03:42 PM · #2 |
aaw you poor thing...
BUT: I am sure you'll never ever do that again ;) |
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07/30/2007 04:09:49 PM · #3 |
We've all done the change f-point and relock it thing once. There should be a lock the locking slider slider...
I recommend setting it to the preffered focus point and glue the slider in locked position.
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07/30/2007 05:25:56 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Azrifel:
There should be a lock the locking slider slider...
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Duct tape? |
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07/30/2007 06:04:39 PM · #5 |
Laugh - I'm right there with you. I even posted a thread here about it, and some nice person explained it to me.
And don't get me started on the time I put my flash in a strobe mode where manually changing the power setting did zilch, then forgot (I rarely use the flash) and couldn't get it to fire properly. Nearly ruined a big (19-person) group portrait of my whole family on our once-in-a-lifetime cruise vacation!
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07/30/2007 06:58:47 PM · #6 |
Honest question, not trying to stir up anything, but is this a Nikon thing?
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07/30/2007 07:04:31 PM · #7 |
| Stupid? I accidentally punched a concrete wall today and dislocated a knuckle. Try that for stupid. |
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07/31/2007 08:21:45 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by BakerBug:
Honest question, not trying to stir up anything, but is this a Nikon thing? |
I think that the focus lock lever is a Nikon thing but I figure that the stupidity was mine, and not the camera's. :-)
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07/31/2007 09:40:19 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by BakerBug:
Honest question, not trying to stir up anything, but is this a Nikon thing? |
Yes, and it may be the stupidest feature on the Nikon camera, IMHO :-)
R.
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07/31/2007 10:11:08 AM · #10 |
On my camera if you have noise reduction ON you cannot shoot in continuous mode. This often irritates my wife and sometimes me when I forget.
The other time we were out in a raging gale in late evening trying to photograph a lighthouse, and the camera would not meter the light. After half an hour of fiddling we still could not get it right. On getting home we realised that the lens was not clicked on properly and obviously some of the contact points were not touching. |
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07/31/2007 10:23:40 AM · #11 |
I was out the other morning shooting a building for a project I'm doing.
After taking 3/4's of the pictures, I realized I had the lens set to manual focus.
I had to go back and retake them all.
Then, after reshooting half of those, I realized I was still using ISO 1600.
Back to re-shooting.
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07/31/2007 10:30:20 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Originally posted by Azrifel:
There should be a lock the locking slider slider...
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Duct tape? |
Good lord, Welland, where have you been? (sorry for the hijack) |
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07/31/2007 10:34:15 AM · #13 |
When i got my used Sigma 70-210 Autofocus lens with my K1000 off ebay. I tried and tried to twist it. I took it off looked at it put it back on the body. Kept twisting. Im like damn it i dont want to breakthis lens after i just got it.
....fckin push pull LMAO! |
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07/31/2007 01:10:01 PM · #14 |
After reading the title I just have one answer that covers it all.
Q: How stupid can a person get?
A: Have you browsed the forums lately?
MattO
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07/31/2007 02:30:58 PM · #15 |
We stopped at a state park Sunday that has lots of Hummingbirds and feeders for them. Everybody else had to use the restroom so I figured I would shoot Hummers for a bit. I set-up my tripod, auto focused on the area I wanted and put the lens on manual. Then I decided I wanted to use AI Servo instead so it would track them better. I couldn't get the AF mode to change from one shot to AI servo and to make it worse the options for AF weren't even showing up on the display. I know I was pushing the right button. I messed around for a bit and still couldn't figure out what was going on. After about 10 minutes or so I realized the camera lens was still in the manual position. I flipped it back to auto and all was good again. Then the wife said it was time for us to go. So much for my Hummingbird shots.
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07/31/2007 07:40:01 PM · #16 |
The tragedy is that I can relate to almost all of the tales of woe in this thread.
For me, I guess stupid is as stupid does!
On the other hand, retrospectively they are kind of funny :-) |
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07/31/2007 09:53:26 PM · #17 |
I spent an hour in predawn darkness taking photos this week wondering why all my photos were crap - I've got a nice heavy tripod and a cable release and I was on a solid lump of concrete but every second photo was blury.
Then the sun came up and I realised that the lens I was using had the IS turned on, which of course has the opposite effect when on mounted on a tripod. 1 hour of photos = 2 sharp photos. Both were taken with a lens that doesn't have IS - all the signs were there but I had my eyes closed. |
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