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Every time I see this thread it reminds me of how much i enjoy a good cut of beef. Does that count? 😀
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shawn
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Probably 20-25 years ago I was out on a boat to watch an airshow. The planes can get much closer to you over the water then they can on land. Nikon 8008s. I shot maybe 5 or 6 rolls.
The best shots were a couple of motor drive shots of a Blue Angles F-18 in a high G turn a couple of hundred feet right above us. Humid day so there was all sort of condensation coming off the wings and leaving a trail behind. The plane was more than filling the frame on at least one of them. Should have been very great shots.
Except... I hadn't reset the camera to DX coding. Previously I was shooting Tmax 3200 that I had pushed to 6400.
I've been out many other times to shoot that airshow but have never had a F18 that close again.
Lesson learned: Always check ALL the settings before a shot.
Shawn
The best shots were a couple of motor drive shots of a Blue Angles F-18 in a high G turn a couple of hundred feet right above us. Humid day so there was all sort of condensation coming off the wings and leaving a trail behind. The plane was more than filling the frame on at least one of them. Should have been very great shots.
Except... I hadn't reset the camera to DX coding. Previously I was shooting Tmax 3200 that I had pushed to 6400.
I've been out many other times to shoot that airshow but have never had a F18 that close again.
Lesson learned: Always check ALL the settings before a shot.
Shawn
jarski
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Looks like in film era there were much more of those lessons learned moments 😀
I screwed up loading a IIIg once also. Happily shot maybe 40-50 times before starting to wonder if something was wrong.
I screwed up loading a IIIg once also. Happily shot maybe 40-50 times before starting to wonder if something was wrong.
Tim Murphy
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Dear bmattock,
When I lived and worked in outside sales in the Southern Tier of NY I pretty much always had a camera in the car to record the sights of what was to me, someone raised on the outskirts of Philadelphia, a pretty much pristine place.
I especially enjoyed taking pictures of the Autumn leaves with the Nikon FTN I received when my Grandfather passed. If I told you how many rolls of film I shot with the A-R ring set to R you'd have me shot!
I can still remember most of them in my head though, so that is what counts to me.
Regards,
Tim Murphy
When I lived and worked in outside sales in the Southern Tier of NY I pretty much always had a camera in the car to record the sights of what was to me, someone raised on the outskirts of Philadelphia, a pretty much pristine place.
I especially enjoyed taking pictures of the Autumn leaves with the Nikon FTN I received when my Grandfather passed. If I told you how many rolls of film I shot with the A-R ring set to R you'd have me shot!
I can still remember most of them in my head though, so that is what counts to me.
Regards,
Tim Murphy
Benjamin Marks
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Oh, man. You name it, I have done it. The three that come immediately to mind:
1. Fixer before developer.
2. Developing film for a friend and taking the lid off before the fixer was in (a new low) . . .
3. On a job photographing a one-time-only opening celebration at a bar . . .darn that Pentax LX "magic fingers" take-up spool. No pix at all. Switched to Nikon after that and never look back.
1. Fixer before developer.
2. Developing film for a friend and taking the lid off before the fixer was in (a new low) . . .
3. On a job photographing a one-time-only opening celebration at a bar . . .darn that Pentax LX "magic fingers" take-up spool. No pix at all. Switched to Nikon after that and never look back.
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