STICKY: Classic Blunders of the Camera Kind

Well, after making my sig, I thought I'd go look for some other blunders and more so of those members that have been here awhile than new people who may just be getting their first camera or whatnot. While my search is ongoing, I will post the infamous LightRules thread and the new one from Perryge. If anyone finds any "DOH!" threads though feel free to add. Maybe what has been asked will happen, a stickie just for LR!

Post the DUMB things you've done under photography stress!

Our Classic Blunders!

The Godfather Of Blunders
40D Burst Rate Not Hitting 6.5 FPS

A Prime Example
Name all the prime lens one should own?

The Other Power Switch
How do I get my 430EX to not switch off automatically?

Filter This
looking to buy a Rebel XT need info..

720-Degree Adjustability
Took me a year to realize how utterly ignorant I am...

My camera works right, what do I do?
40D-Needle moves by itself at M mode - please help!

UnSure of the Meaning
Is there a difference between US and Japanese made lenses?

What's the deal with during the camera sideways to take a shot?

kit lens quality

Pocket Wizards - Incredibly Dissappointed

Tripod Question---Hypothetical.

Phottix Remote Install Help

1D Mk II N - Sensor Clean Failure

Default need help regarding trial download

HELP - I just had a Lightrules moment (extender on backwards?)

The ducks, I finally get it! LOL

Canon Screwed My Lens!!!!

70-200 2.8 IS scratch!!!! NOOOO

40D stuck at 5.6

Self Timer

Was ready to buy the SX10, but...

Damn I am such a noob

1d mark III locked up, wont stop shooting

Honorable Mention

anatomy of a SLR

Lost my Lens!

That was annoying....

You canon people are a pain in the arse.

Lens Break In

Classics indeed

I linked the PW one to the page it happened. I looked for 4 pages then skipped to the end and went backwards a little. Totally missed it. Oops...

There are probably too many opportunities for the "Why can't I set my camera to RAW" "Are you in the Basic Zone" thread and the variants ("Can't upgrade firmware", "Can't set CFs") to include links.

Then there's the ever-popular "I just got this camera from someone else on here and it won't AF in M mode" "Try pressing the '*' button".

^Yeah, I didn't ask that but it happened to me.

And I've already ran across plenty of the RAW threads.

Haha those are all awesome.

Edit: ^ wow, that emoticon's actually kinda cute. Never actually used it before.

^.......

Oh yeah. There are all the people who can't reset EC because their Quick Dial isn't turned on (3rd position of the On/Off switch).

Or can't set EC because there in Manual mode..
and it takes another 8 posts of explanation to finally have the lightbulb turn on...

These are all mundane compared to the corkers in the first post though.

Oh Jakers! You Have Got To Be Kidding Me!!!

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New thread added I felt needed to be.

Sorry LR. It wasn't just my fault though, I swear!

I think there are at least TWO threads we need to find,.. something about some .. missing tripods?

Oh WTF, my avatar and location! I just finished processing my lunar eclipse photos, come back here to post them, and this is what I get?!

Now they just need to change your name.