POTN Aussie Club #7 - Feng, where's my invoice?

Collin85 wrote in post #9148124
I could be wrong, but I think he meant an old Canon D60.

Correct

blackshadow wrote in post #9148155
I've taken the drive into a recovery place to see if they can recover usable files. I spoke to another one before them and when I told him about the recovered files not being readable I was told it doesn't look good.

Yeah Haven't got any floating around on DVD or anything?

justAL wrote in post #9148431
Ahh so. I NOW remember the post!

It's everything you need to a be a pro photographer, Al!

justAL wrote in post #9148114
Hey guys,

I hate to brag about my equipment on a public forum. It's one of the reasons I don't have a gear list.

I have one for the purpose so I have less people querying me, "WHAT DO YOU HAVE?" when it comes to asking for assistance from the public.

Very nice and concise. None of that long list bs

fungry wrote in post #9148664
I have one for the purpose so I have less people querying me, "WHAT DO YOU HAVE?" when it comes to asking for assistance from the public.

Very nice and concise. None of that long list bs

I'll answer but if the photo's good why should it matter. I'm in it for great images more than gear lust.

The Moose wrote in post #9148352
Al, you'll love the 1D2 as soon as you get it. It's amazing.

Hope something works soon, Richard Terrible luck.

I do love them. The AF and exposure ability on them is great and only gets better with the series III. I've been lucky enough to run with one for a week and it was a fantastic experience.

justAL wrote in post #9148697
I'll answer but if the photo's good why should it matter. I'm in it for great images more than gear lust.

Sometimes it's helpful to know what someones shooting with. It's not always about the good photos either.

justAL wrote in post #9148697
I'll answer but if the photo's good why should it matter. I'm in it for great images more than gear lust.

Yes understandable but I guess it would apply to more technical problems
Hope you get your 1D2 soon if you haven't gotten it yet

After that, we should have a POTNAC 1D2 congregation.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9148635
Correct

Yeah Haven't got any floating around on DVD or anything?

The only saving grace is that I have pretty much all finished images stored on SmugMug but not at full resolution - they're at 3000 pixel maximum side size.

Still reasonable for most prints.

I'm about ready to shoot Seagate and their customer disservice.

The whole problem occured when I was doing a regular back up from my working 1TB drive that has all my photos on it to a Seagate 1TB external drive. The external drive failed and I tried to resurrect it by reformatting it. I mistakenly tried to reformat the internal drive so I ended up with 1 inoperable (Seagate) drive and 1 with nothing on it (internal).

The Seagate drive is one I had replaced under warranty. I rang Seagate and had to go to Singapore for their customer service. I rang to request a refund. They refused and said I had to go back to where I bought it. I rang CPL (where I bought it from) and they said that because Seagate had replaced it once I had to deal with them.

I can't get through to anyone at Seagate locally and the drones in the Seagate call centre can't/won't deviate from their line about not being able to give me a refund.

fungry wrote in post #9148879
After that, we should have a POTNAC 1D2 congregation.

Only if you come down to Melbourne

blackshadow wrote in post #9148994
The only saving grace is that I have pretty much all finished images stored on SmugMug but not at full resolution - they're at 3000 pixel maximum side size.

Still reasonable for most prints.

I'm about ready to shoot Seagate and their customer disservice.

The whole problem occured when I was doing a regular back up from my working 1TB drive that has all my photos on it to a Seagate 1TB external drive. The external drive failed and I tried to resurrect it by reformatting it. I mistakenly tried to reformat the internal drive so I ended up with 1 inoperable (Seagate) drive and 1 with nothing on it (internal).

The Seagate drive is one I had replaced under warranty. I rang Seagate and had to go to Singapore for their customer service. I rang to request a refund. They refused and said I had to go back to where I bought it. I rang CPL (where I bought it from) and they said that because Seagate had replaced it once I had to deal with them.

I can't get through to anyone at Seagate locally and the drones in the Seagate call centre can't/won't deviate from their line about not being able to give me a refund.

your not alone.. I lost 2x 500gigs recently.... Both had been replaced once.. quite sad, They were the only brand drive not to have let me down in 10 odd yrs... There isnt much left to choose from...

blackshadow wrote in post #9148994
The only saving grace is that I have pretty much all finished images stored on SmugMug but not at full resolution - they're at 3000 pixel maximum side size.

Still reasonable for most prints.

I'm about ready to shoot Seagate and their customer disservice.

The whole problem occured when I was doing a regular back up from my working 1TB drive that has all my photos on it to a Seagate 1TB external drive. The external drive failed and I tried to resurrect it by reformatting it. I mistakenly tried to reformat the internal drive so I ended up with 1 inoperable (Seagate) drive and 1 with nothing on it (internal).

The Seagate drive is one I had replaced under warranty. I rang Seagate and had to go to Singapore for their customer service. I rang to request a refund. They refused and said I had to go back to where I bought it. I rang CPL (where I bought it from) and they said that because Seagate had replaced it once I had to deal with them.

I can't get through to anyone at Seagate locally and the drones in the Seagate call centre can't/won't deviate from their line about not being able to give me a refund.

I just ran a backup of all my photos, i'm sure you've reminded a few of us to do the same! I also keep an off site backup at my parents house which is regualry syncronised when they visit. Hard drives breaking down is a real problem and if both primary and backup are on one PC then you also have to worry about lightning strikes and viruses, argh!

Bruce_Bird wrote in post #9149180
your not alone.. I lost 2x 500gigs recently.... Both had been replaced once.. quite sad, They were the only brand drive not to have let me down in 10 odd yrs... There isnt much left to choose from...

If it's any consolation the person I spoke to do the recovery said that the only brands of hard drives he recommends are Western Digital and Hitachi.

JustinLawrence wrote in post #9149224
I just ran a backup of all my photos, i'm sure you've reminded a few of us to do the same! I also keep an off site backup at my parents house which is regualry syncronised when they visit. Hard drives breaking down is a real problem and if both primary and backup are on one PC then you also have to worry about lightning strikes and viruses, argh!

If my experience helps others then that's something.

All this talk of harddrive failures.. this weekend I'm backing up to DVD...

tupper wrote in post #9149307
All this talk of harddrive failures.. this weekend I'm backing up to DVD...

Backing up 1TB to DVD is a long and tedious process. I picked up a 1.5TB WD Essentials external drive from Officeworks for $159 this morning.

I've only ever had Maxtors' fail on me, and I've got drives of most brands (Seagate, WD, Maxtor, Lacie, Hitachi). Personally I'm quite obsessive about backup, since I have lost an entire drive worth of stuff before. I've always got three copies of everything (one internal drive and two externals), and all my important photos are backed up in full-res on Smugmug. I'm currently backing up everything on two 1.5TB drives; I'd never consider DVDs. Too tedious!