Stupid idiot of the day

[Byuphoto]

Is it just me or do others have this problem. I seem to be a magnet for idiots. They just come right up and give me their advice.
I was at W**-**** to buy some rechargeable batteries. I got the Bunny kind and this skate board riding Ipod listener comes up to me and says" Dude, what you gonna use them in." I said an electronic flash. He says " Dude, if it's digital you will want to get the digital batteries to prevent confusion." I said my flash was not confused.
Why do I even bother :bang:

 

[jlw]

This is a problem? You seem to be a magnet for comedy. Or else physics has come up with digital electrons, as opposed to the old-fashioned kind, and we just haven't heard about it yet.

Somehow this brings to mind a conversation I had ages ago in college with a friend who said he didn't like using an electric typewriter (remember typewriters?) -- he said he was more comfortable with an "acoustic typewriter." He was a guitarist, so it made perfect sense to him. Ever sense, I've always been tempted to refer to any non-digital gizmo as "acoustic" -- if you had told Skateboard Dude "I can't use those, man -- I've got one of these old acoustic flash units," it probably would have made sense to him, too!

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

Sakter "dood" will probably grow up to be an anchor person at one of your local TV stations.

That, or a manager at T.G.I. Fridays.

 

[Roman]

Cool, all my rangefinders are 'acoustic' cameras...
(Listening to the Bessa's shutter, this sounds very convincing).

Roman

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Dude, I DO use the digital rechargeable batteries in my 1992 Digital Camera! That camera uses an internal 80MByte 2.5" SCSI drive that sucks batteries dry. Walmart has some 2.2Ah Double AA NiMh that outlast the Quantum external pack and are way-cheap.
So tell Skater-Boy, "Like Wow, Far-out, dude- you are the MAN!

 

[darkkavenger]

Maybe my english is too poor but I don't get what the heck can be a digital battery. Maybe that's some funny joke i'm not getting. It's simply a battery, no ? 😀

I just know Ni-Cd, Ni-MH and Li-Ion lol

 

[rover]

There is a good use for well placed skater dudes.

I was at a music store (they used to be record shops, but now...) looking for a CD by an artist who's name I just couldn't think of. I was talking to a friend and decided that the artist was definitely Eagle something, a body part. I started racking my mind with Eagle Beak, Eagle Claw...feather...talon....a few other unmentionable combos in my frustration. I was just about ready to give up and a voice came from the next aisle over, "Eagle Eye Cherry." I stopped talking and looked, there was a 15 yo punk/future US Senator standing there. He lifted his head and with a half smile and a wink he declared once again, "Eagle Eye Cherry bro." With that he turned and sluffed off into the sunset/hip hop section. His good deed was done for the day

 

[Byuphoto]

Maybe my english is too poor but I don't get what the heck can be a digital battery. Maybe that's some funny joke i'm not getting. It's simply a battery, no ? 😀

I just know Ni-Cd, Ni-MH and Li-Ion lol

Yes, batteries are batteries. We are talking about the use of the term digital to sell everything from electronics to food.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Some custom battery packs have thermo-couples or some such sensor to provide feedback for the computer or camera that they are made for, to show charging status so they do not overheat. The "computer" can change the charge rate or just turn it off. The pack in the Kodak DCS420 works that way.

But in the case of the Walmart battery, it is a made in China generic that carries the brand name "Digital" and is advertised as the high capacity battery to keep power-hungry digital equipment running. At 2.2Ah, it is one of the highest capacity AA batteries I've seen. My Kodak DCS200 could use up a set of NiCads in 50 shots. These cheap NiMh have 4 times the capacity of the original. I came close to posting a thread here at RFF as they were pretty impressive, and $6 for 4 AA NiMh batteries.

I also use them for analog devices, in my flash. It also behaved Digitally. Light Pulse ON then Pulse OFF. Very low data rate.

 

[darkkavenger]

That topic reminds me that all my batteries are charged and that I can replace those in the keyboard/ and put back my wireless mouse. Thankfully the old alcaline batteries on my flash had still enough power to keep my keyboard running! Nothing worse than losing keyboard power while on a chat. 🙂

 

[reagan]

" Dude, .... get the digital .... to prevent confusion."

Can you spell, "m-e-d-i-a b-r-a-i-n-w-a-s-h"? ........ Duh-yude?

 

[chug]

Dont you mean Fox?

 

[Biber]

I had a stupid customer a few weeks ago who yelled at me because someone in another store sold him a "digital" battery. The battery had some information written on it that said that it was made in Denmark, he thought it said "digital" and refused to change his mind. The phone he tried to use it in worked too, but even though I demonstrated it for him he claimed that it did not. He wouldn't leave until I sold him an identical battery and promised him that it wasn't digital...

 

[SolaresLarrave]

One day a student saw me with my trusty Zeiss Ikon Nettar, a nice folder I have, and asked if the camera could take color photos.

Very, very often I have to remind myself that these people know as much about photography as I know about contemporary rock... So, in a way, we're even.

But the digital batteries... I couldn't help snickering at the "dooode." Digital batteries?

Oh, well...

 

[darkkavenger]

One would cry from the infinitude of the human stupidity. But I prefer to laugh at it.

 

[RML]

But in the case of the Walmart battery, it is a made in China generic that carries the brand name "Digital" and is advertised as the high capacity battery to keep power-hungry digital equipment running. At 2.2Ah, it is one of the highest capacity AA batteries I've seen. My Kodak DCS200 could use up a set of NiCads in 50 shots. These cheap NiMh have 4 times the capacity of the original. I came close to posting a thread here at RFF as they were pretty impressive, and $6 for 4 AA NiMh batteries.

So, the dude was right, then? He was actually talking about Digital branded batteries, them shtrong ones, no? Puts the coversation in a slightly different context, and than Byuphoto would indeed be the "idiot of the day". 😛

 

[XAos]

It's my understanding that batteries previously sold as "photo" batteries are now all being called "digital", and that there may be a difference in the discharge behavior over time for light duty vs heavy duty use or short spikey intervals vs continuous drain, even though they are in the same general performance category.

I also highly suspect that any truth in this has since been lost to everyone branding "digital" on wrist straps, tripods, lens caps, etc.. As far as I can tell, the only thing "digital" means now on a camera accessory is that "Digital" on a tripod means it wont hold my RB67 steady without it doing the drinking bird dance.

 

[jlw]

So, the dude was right, then? He was actually talking about Digital branded batteries, them shtrong ones, no? Puts the coversation in a slightly different context, and than Byuphoto would indeed be the "idiot of the day". 😛

And since a battery with that high a rating might fry an older flash unit that lacks a current-limiting resistor, it COULD be that the non-digital flash unit would become "confused" by using a Digital (tm) battery (assuming your idea of "confusion" is interchangeable with "smoke and melted plastic.")

But I think we're really, really reaching here...

 

[Byuphoto]

I think some are missing the point. Just as there are no digital camera cases, wrist straps and tripods there are no didgital batteries. The digital name is now used to sell everything to an unsuspecting public. It does not matter if a battery says digital or not. If the capacity is the same they are the same. I just do not buy my stuff beacause they are digital

So, the dude was right, then? He was actually talking about Digital branded batteries, them shtrong ones, no? Puts the coversation in a slightly different context, and than Byuphoto would indeed be the "idiot of the day".
Yes the batteries say digital on them but they are no more digital than the digital tripod.

 

[Byuphoto]

This is getting rediculous. I go to the only camear store that handles Fuji Reala, R*** camera and anm picking up a few rolls. This guy comes up and says Heeeeeeeeeyyyyy you need some flash cards. I said no my camera uses film. He said "DON"T THEY MAKE THAT IN DIGITAL" Makes me want to scream. If it wasn't for the death penalty, here, I might go off.