Looks to be working

[colyn]

How does a camera "look" to be working??

 

[Spanik]

You can turn all the buttons and if you press one of them it makes a sound.

 

[colyn]

You can turn all the buttons and if you press one of them it makes a sound.

But that's testing it.

Looking at it and saying it "looks" to be working is different.

 

[Rob-F]

So far, this thread looks to be pointless.

 

[Photo_Smith]

I wish I hadn't 'looked' 🙂

 

[Vics]

When I was growing up in Texas, people said, "We're lookin' to win Friday night's game by 17 points."

 

[Greyscale]

I don't care how it looks, does the shutter sound accurate?

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

Never mind the shutter, is the pinhole nice and round and free of burrs?

 

[colyn]

When I was growing up in Texas, people said, "We're lookin' to win Friday night's game by 17 points."

We still say it......... 😀 😀

 

[JoeV]

The phrase "the camera looks to be working" is code for "we'd like to sell it to you, as-is, for a good sum of momey and not be held responsible if you find out afterwards it has issues, don't come calling whinging to us, we just want our money and no trouble, good luck."

~Joe

 

[Spavinaw]

I think "Looks to be working" and "Seems to be working" mean the same thing.

 

[nikon_sam]

Right now it "Looks" like rain...that may or may not happen...
They might be trying to say it's all there, nothing falling off, so it should work...

 

[Gary Sandhu]

The phrase "the camera looks to be working" is code for "we'd like to sell it to you, as-is, for a good sum of momey and not be held responsible if you find out afterwards it has issues, don't come calling whinging to us, we just want our money and no trouble, good luck."

~Joe

Right!
Or as a buyer, I might say it looks to be working - which means I've gone through the functions and dry fired it but haven't developed the film yet.

 

[DNG]

The phrase "the camera looks to be working" is code for

"we'd like to sell it to you, as-is, for a good sum of money and not be held responsible if you find out afterwards it has issues, don't come calling whinging to us, we just want our money and no trouble, good luck."

~Joe

Yup... sounds about right... Stay away.... RUN as fast as you can....

 

[btgc]

Looks to be working - camera does something on its own. And don't blame seller if camera does something you didn't expect!

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

Or, if you wish, the full declension of the irregular verb...

My camera looks good and works well
Your camera appears OK
His camera looks to be working (but probably isn't)

😀

 

[Sparrow]

... so, on what is the camera working? ... and don't you just hate it when someone starts a sentence with a conjunction

 

[John E Earley]

... so, on what is the camera working? ... and don't you just hate it when someone starts a sentence with a conjunction

Looks to be conjunctivitis.

 

[Richard G]

If it's 'minty' it's guaranteed to look to be working. But it won't be mint. And probably won't be working either.

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

If it's 'minty' it's guaranteed to look to be working. But it won't be mint. And probably won't be working either.

In that case it would be 'fishy'.