Author Topic: What's your biggest blunder (Read 1111 times)

voyager · « **on:** October 24, 2011, 11:55:44 PM »

What have you done that has made you most mad after coming home from a photographic trip?

I would have to say mine was accidentally leaving my camera on ISO 1600 for an entire day.

asterinex · « **Reply #1 on:** October 25, 2011, 12:49:08 AM »

Going on a city trip. When I wanted to take the first shot, the camera said 'No SD card'.
I left it in my computer at home

jap · « **Reply #2 on:** October 25, 2011, 03:27:29 AM »

My biggest blunder was back very early in my film days. Taking copious shots at Disney World only to find later on that the film never advanced because I loaded the film improperly. You had better believe I became an expert on---not one---but several proper ways of loading film after that! I also learned how to check to to see whether the film take-up reel was advancing properly---and learned it well enough teach beginners unerringly.

Some of those Disney shots would have been spectacular too!

With regards to the Asterinrex' forgetting his|her SD card, you learn to develop a mental checklist of items to check before you head out the door.

Cotillion · « **Reply #3 on:** October 25, 2011, 03:15:29 PM »

After a month long trip through mexico, finally arriving at the caribbean coast at the maya ruins of tulum. An idyllic place, beautiful colors, enigmatic ruins and huge lazy lizards everywhere.
Then finding that my battery had about 2 shots left and i forgot to bring my spare..
(also had already booked a busticket to belize so couldn't come back to the place the next day)

AmstelBright · « **Reply #4 on:** October 25, 2011, 04:12:16 PM »

My first digital camera was a 3.2 megapixel Canon S30 - back in 1999 or so. It was a great advanced point & shoot camera for that era... except for that time when I accidentally set the resolution to "low" and shot three days in a row at 640x480 format.

corgifan · « **Reply #5 on:** October 25, 2011, 10:54:17 PM »

Quote from: AmstelBright on October 25, 2011, 04:12:16 PM

My first digital camera was a 3.2 megapixel Canon S30 - back in 1999 or so. It was a great advanced point & shoot camera for that era... except for that time when I accidentally set the resolution to "low" and shot three days in a row at 640x480 format.

I was half way through shooting a vintage motorcycle event when I realized I'd done the same thing. The failure to stop and really look at the settings is a mistake I've made more than once but at least I learn and screw up with a different setting each time.

Doug

lisandra · « **Reply #6 on:** October 25, 2011, 11:24:53 PM »

I was in mexico years ago and I heard they were gonna do the first (later learned that it was the last too) guided tour of a great pyramid on the inside. It hadnt been done in over a good 15 years to preserve the place so you know...heres my credit card, wheres the bus?. I was so pumped I couldnt sleep! I spent the night cleaning lenses, checking gear and debating heatedly whether to load ASA 400 or 800. I finally passed out. Next day, I pack the camera, a monopod a 50mm1.4, a fast 24mm a faster 35mm, and even a borrowed 70-210 in case there was something unreachable. Did the 40min drive, the 30 min hike, the stair climb, set everything up with the 35 mm and the monopod....the camera had no film.
I cried. really

asterinex · « **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2011, 02:18:48 AM »

I just remembered my biggest blunder. I was backpacking in South-East-Asia, Australia and New-Zealand.
For this 6 months trip I bought a cheap film camera. The fifth month I travelled trough Australia.
The six month I flew to NZ. At the Airport I had to put everything I weared on rolling band.
Trough the gates I picked up everything except ..... ? Yeah my cam

All pictures of Australia lost

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2011, 07:51:59 AM »

Quote from: asterinex on October 26, 2011, 02:18:48 AM

I just remembered my biggest blunder. I was backpacking in South-East-Asia, Australia and New-Zealand.
For this 6 months trip I bought a cheap film camera. The fifth month I travelled trough Australia.
The six month I flew to NZ. At the Airport I had to put everything I weared on rolling band.
Trough the gates I picked up everything except ..... ? Yeah my cam
All pictures of Australia lost

OUCH !

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #9 on:** October 26, 2011, 08:03:25 AM »

Ummm, just a few weeks ago, I went to downtown Indy, and packed my Contax G1, 45mm f/2' and 3 rolls of film. on my 3rd roll, I thought is was loaded (it has a drop and load like the older Canon quick-load system)., but, it was not. When I had, what I thought was about 20 great street photo's (

), I looked to see how many frames I cranked out, and the LCD counter was still on "00".

.....

I believe these where my better images too. Because, you know, the 1st roll is always a warm-up roll

, and each roll gets better

Sent from my iPad

NaturalWoman · « **Reply #10 on:** October 26, 2011, 09:56:48 AM »

during my film days, new to photography, i read about a polarizing filter and what it's used for. left for canada and NEVER took it off my lens. not only was my sky blue but so were the rest of my photos.

i don't use filters much these days and if i do, i make sure to take that bad boy off when i'm done shooting a scene. and still i take a photo without a filter.

pretzston · « **Reply #11 on:** October 26, 2011, 11:57:42 AM »

I back packed a bunch in Europe in '02 or so with a C700, which for a P&S was pretty awesome at the time with a 10X zoom... and I shot all of it on low res to save space. All of the pics, while not very good anyway, can't even print at 4X6 very well.

jap · « **Reply #12 on:** October 26, 2011, 03:33:06 PM »

Quote from: NaturalWoman on October 26, 2011, 09:56:48 AM

during my film days, new to photography, i read about a polarizing filter and what it's used for. left for canada and NEVER took it off my lens. not only was my sky blue but so were the rest of my photos.

i don't use filters much these days and if i do, i make sure to take that bad boy off when i'm done shooting a scene. and still i take a photo without a filter.

. . . and you are correct in your approach. One should never use a filter unless there is a clear reason that one can easily articulate. Why? because filters inevitably degrade the quality of the resulting image, so their use should be discouraged unless the pictorial advantage outweighs the slight loss of resolution.

In stating the above I am fully aware I am going against the operational philosophy of hordes of photographers who use certain filters to "protect the lens." Lens protection is really the job of the lens cap and a secondary advantage of an extended lens hood. Placing a filter, no matter how expensive, in front of any lens---especially a really sharp one---almost always detracts from the resolution of the resulting image.

voyager · « **Reply #13 on:** October 27, 2011, 03:12:57 PM »

Oh, I also once deleted an entire day's photos accidentally while finding out what format card meant.

Jason C · « **Reply #14 on:** November 19, 2011, 10:15:21 PM »

I got to borrow a Mamiya RZ67, loaded up some Porta and went to town. I dropped of the rolls and waited in eager anticipation, whence I got a call from my camera shop to tell me nothing was on the negatives. NOTHING. I obviously did something wrong, but I have no clue...

Jason C

voyager · « **Reply #15 on:** November 20, 2011, 08:52:28 PM »

I wonder what happened?

What's your biggest blunder