Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
We all do stupid things and make stupid mistakes all the time with our cameras. Well misery loves company so post yours here.
Post your Photographic "Brain Cloud" moments here.
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Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
The funniest one recently was I was just out shooting for fun like I always do and I generally look at my photos as they pop up on the rear screen. The first one looked great so I started shooting away. I noticed that the exposure was off. It was underexposed then the next one looked ok and the next one was overexposed. took me a minute but then I realized that the day before I had been shooting Bracketed shots and had forgotten to reset it. Lucky that what I was shooting did not matter.
The nice thing about mistakes is that it makes you learn a lesson that is a lot harder to forget. Sort of like why my second wife is so much better than my first wife.
The nice thing about mistakes is that it makes you learn a lesson that is a lot harder to forget. Sort of like why my second wife is so much better than my first wife.
I was just out shooting a fallen tree in the yard. I took a shot and the camera slooooowly took a picture and when I checked it was useless blurry. I took another and the same thing. Heart pounding, I thought the old girl was dying on me. Then I remember I was last shooting macros at the college and had set it to delayed shot. Felt pretty foolish with myself.
This is my number 1 recurring brain fart!
wud
Senior Member
Oh I did that one too, Don. I was out shooting dogs for fun with a friend and I was soooo hungover. Took me quite a while to figure it out, felt pretty silly lol.
Another time I couldn't understand why my images sometimes where blurry. Changed all kind of settings but still happened - but only some of them. Well of course I set the lens for manual the day before, doh. Luckily I was just shooting trees..
Another time I couldn't understand why my images sometimes where blurry. Changed all kind of settings but still happened - but only some of them. Well of course I set the lens for manual the day before, doh. Luckily I was just shooting trees..
My brain dead moments happen in the summer. I will have been shooting at night and have the ISO cranked up from star photography. Then a few days later I will pick up that camera again to shoot during the day and I will realize I'm shooting up around 1/6000-1/8000 of a second. DOH!
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Not necessarily a brain cloud moment but it did turn into some interesting results.
On my first shoot, the soccer team photos, I accidentally turned the photo mode dial from "Manual" to one of the presets (can't remember now which preset if was) and my photos were coming out all crazy exposed and crappy. Somehow my finger had turned the dial while transferring from landscape to portrait orientation. Took three or four shots to finally decide to check something and that is what I found.
On my first shoot, the soccer team photos, I accidentally turned the photo mode dial from "Manual" to one of the presets (can't remember now which preset if was) and my photos were coming out all crazy exposed and crappy. Somehow my finger had turned the dial while transferring from landscape to portrait orientation. Took three or four shots to finally decide to check something and that is what I found.
Twice now I have put my camera on remote mode and forgotten. Next time I use the camera I can't figure out why the shutter won't fire when I push the button. And I push the button several times. If it didn't fire the first or second time I pushed the shutter button it is not going work on the 7 or 8 the time. But I keep trying. Human nature! Then I finally remember to check the dial and yes it is still on remote.
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I avoid many problems like that by always returning the camera to a known state when I'm done with it. Then, when I go to use it next time, I know exactly how it's configured so I know what I need to change for the shot I'm taking.
My last brain fart was using the MC-DC2 wired remote. Pushed the button, the camera fired, then................... nothing.
Turns out I remember why I hate Nikon's wired remote.......... there's a slider around the button that 'locks' the button down. Since then, I've put epoxy around the slider to keep it from doing that.
My last brain fart was using the MC-DC2 wired remote. Pushed the button, the camera fired, then................... nothing.
Turns out I remember why I hate Nikon's wired remote.......... there's a slider around the button that 'locks' the button down. Since then, I've put epoxy around the slider to keep it from doing that.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
I now return everything to my standard state also. that is what screwing up will do for most people. The learn by mistake. I also made the same mistake when I had my D3100 and tried to use the wired remote.
My latest blunder was a few weeks ago. I drive almost 40 miles to a wildlife reserve. Get out of the car and start walking around. I see a White tail deer not 75 feet away. Whoosh! Out comes my best speed draw using my BR strap. Line her up, switch on the power, half press the shutter........nothing. My batteries are back home in the den on the charger.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
I solve that problem by leaving the camera upside down on my desk with the battery door open if there is no battery in it. I have two batteries for the D5100 so there is always a battery in it but I do not have a spare for my D7000. I have just ordered a D7100 and I am getting a spare battery shipped with it.
I'm hoping I get a 7100 this summer before we go to Maine. Thanks for the tip. I'm going to do that.
Last duh moment was last afternoon. I was shooting manual focus playing with Hyperfocal ranges on the 24-85 and left the lens on manual the day before. Took me a few seconds to figure out what was "wrong". At which point I solved problem number two by realizing I had left my CPL screwed in, thus explaining the very dim viewfinder in the quickly vanishing light.
It was a facepalm kinda day.
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It was a facepalm kinda day.
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We all have them from time to time!
Rock Daddeo
Senior Member
Screwed the ND filter on the lens instead of the polarizing filter. Took a few shots before I realized why the pictures where blurry on a sunny day. D'oh. As soon as I got home I labeled each filter case with a sharpie.
Just-Clayton
Senior Member
Yep! Big one yesterday. I wanted some pictures of the indoor soccer tournament I refereed yesterday and I get there, no SD cards.