Russ
Well-known
I lost my sanity, when I rediscovered the joys of rangefinders. And hooking up with all the fellow knuckleheaded rangefinder user's in here, made it that much worse...
Russ
Russ
That's funny. I feel like I gain some measure of sanity by using equipment that not only "does not have a computer in it" but did not even "use a computer to design the optics on it".
Time to go to work programming my computer in the lab to do an optical control loop. I know a very talented Engineer that wants to be a manager. THAT is losing your sanity.
Time to go to work programming my computer in the lab to do an optical control loop. I know a very talented Engineer that wants to be a manager. THAT is losing your sanity.
Last edited:
DaShiv
21st century digital boy
That's funny, some of us are quite estatic now that they've finally "put a computer" into a certain type of camera we all use here. 
That is because they have never had the computer "Crash" inside of their camera YET like I have.
Just an Example: N8008s. The auto-rewind function engages when the last frame cannot fully advance. If the last shot is exactly at the end of the roll, the camera freezes up, the off-switch does not work, you have to remove the batteries and leave them out for 30sec, put them back in, and immediately hit manual rewind. Just a little software glitch. That will cause insanity!
Anybody else with experiences?
Just an Example: N8008s. The auto-rewind function engages when the last frame cannot fully advance. If the last shot is exactly at the end of the roll, the camera freezes up, the off-switch does not work, you have to remove the batteries and leave them out for 30sec, put them back in, and immediately hit manual rewind. Just a little software glitch. That will cause insanity!
Anybody else with experiences?
Last edited:
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
Nope, Brian...only with my cell phone (a sony whatever). Sometimes it loses its sound without notice, have to reboot it...sometimes it crashes and i have to remove the battery to wake him up.
But no cameraware problems yet (have a minolta dynax 5).
But no cameraware problems yet (have a minolta dynax 5).
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
What i've found half funny half sad is, the commercial for a higher-end canon digital P&S in a dutch photo magazine, beginning with "It's the camera that thinks for you"...
R
RML
Guest
It thinks for ya? That might be a good trick for certain people in this world.
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
Remy, your RFF mailbox needs a CLA.
oftheherd
Veteran
Pherdinand said:
Don't leave me in suspense! If you are like me, you need one of those.
FrankS
Registered User
Re: Lost my sanity...
"We are lost, but we are lost together!"
Tragically Hip, a great Canadian band
Russ said:
"We are lost, but we are lost together!"
Tragically Hip, a great Canadian band
SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
So far, no cameras have engaged in erratic behavior this side of paradise. And whenever it's seemed they were, there was a reason (for instance, a dead meter when yours-truly forgot to take spare batteries with)...
However, I do enjoy shooting my Nikon AF SLR. It's an F80 (European version of the N80). It's nice and confortable to rest a bit, not to make decisions for a while and let the camera set it all.
But then a small voice says inside me "Do you know what your camera is doing?"
Russ, you ain't alone. I too lost my sanity. Why, if not for it, would I post such a digression on camera use?
We're sad basket cases here...
However, I do enjoy shooting my Nikon AF SLR. It's an F80 (European version of the N80). It's nice and confortable to rest a bit, not to make decisions for a while and let the camera set it all.
But then a small voice says inside me "Do you know what your camera is doing?"
Russ, you ain't alone. I too lost my sanity. Why, if not for it, would I post such a digression on camera use?
We're sad basket cases here...