Roger Hicks
Veteran
...until you read about them on the internet. Here are some starters:
Tripod sockets ripping out when used to secure wrist straps
Taking your camera on the beach
Taking your camera out in the rain (given reasonable intelligence and care)
Carrying your camera under your coat because you are afraid it will steam up and (in the case of electronic cameras) be written off
Changing lenses except in a darkened clean-room (all right, a slight exaggeration)
Any more for any more?
Cheers,
R.
Tripod sockets ripping out when used to secure wrist straps
Taking your camera on the beach
Taking your camera out in the rain (given reasonable intelligence and care)
Carrying your camera under your coat because you are afraid it will steam up and (in the case of electronic cameras) be written off
Changing lenses except in a darkened clean-room (all right, a slight exaggeration)
Any more for any more?
Cheers,
R.
ferider
Veteran
Focus shift.
dave lackey
Veteran
Black tape over the camera name.
Sparrow
Veteran
Infinity alignment for one ... I've still never checked ...
Sunlight burning holes in shutters ... I'd heard it before but had not idea how common it was, a bit like x-ray damage
Sunlight burning holes in shutters ... I'd heard it before but had not idea how common it was, a bit like x-ray damage
mooge
Well-known
barrel distortion.
semordnilap
Well-known
Ha! Lenses... many lenses...
Mackinaw
Think Different
Yeah, focus shift. Never even knew it existed until I started reading Photo forums.
Jim B.
Jim B.
ferider
Veteran
Trust me, Steward, this one is different. Just patched a shutter on an M3 of mine.
One more to Roger's question: negative effect of UV filters.
Sparrow
Veteran
... and I had never realised how important minimum focus distance is
Sparrow
Veteran
Never happened to me, then I suppose it's just one of the advantages of never going beyond f8
K14
Well-known
Taking pictures with anything but a cellphone makes you a pervert.
Gary
Gary
Sparrow
Veteran
I hesitate to mention DOF, circles of confusion and Bokeh ... for obvious reasons
SteveM(PA)
Poser
sharpness, megapixels, "upgrade" ...
Coincidentally, today I'm carrying my 10yo Canon s200. It's a beautiful little camera. Two mighty mega pixels. And it makes great 8x10s.
Coincidentally, today I'm carrying my 10yo Canon s200. It's a beautiful little camera. Two mighty mega pixels. And it makes great 8x10s.
Spider67
Well-known
Bokeh and focus shift
John Lawrence
Well-known
The reliability of Leica cameras (or indeed any of the cameras I own).
John
John
Gid
Well-known
Computers......
100% crops, bokeh, focus shift, leica glow, sharpness, sensor size, black paint, a narrow description of what street photography is, lomography (Dianas, Holgas, and PETs existed prior to Lomo), lens charecter, etc.
Sparrow
Veteran
... oh, I also forgot reticulation and refraction; both of which are real yeti phenomena
zeroeseight
Registered User
Fungus and focus shift.
Michael Markey
Veteran
Having the wrong bag