RickAnderson Senior Member  565 posts Likes: 16 Joined Apr 2007 More info | Jan 03, 2010 10:38 | #1 I have been going back and forth with Sammy's and Canon for nearly two years because of a 50mm lens that is focusing soft. Well, it turns out that the UV filter I was using to protect the lens (I removed it when having calibrated but immediately put it back on when the lens was returned) was not a UV filter at all but a soft-focus filter! DUH!
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jimmeh Member 99 posts Joined Nov 2009 More info | Jan 03, 2010 10:56 | #2 i was half asleep and for some reason tried to put a CF in my 400D the wrong way round (ie short side first). It bent a pin, and cost £150 to repair...
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MikeR Goldmember 4,319 posts Likes: 7 Joined May 2006 Location: 06478, CT More info | Jan 03, 2010 11:53 | #3 I can't remember any of the dumb things I did last year. I'll ask my wife, she probably wrote them down! Mike R
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golfecho (I will regret that)  More info | Jan 03, 2010 15:23 | #5 Mike R wrote in post #9314787  I can't remember any of the dumb things I did last year. I'll ask my wife, she probably wrote them down! 
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MikeR Goldmember 4,319 posts Likes: 7 Joined May 2006 Location: 06478, CT More info | Jan 03, 2010 15:51 | #6 |
AmandaMarie Cream of the Crop  6,211 posts Likes: 5 Joined Jul 2009 More info | Jan 03, 2010 15:52 | #7 manually focused an entire day's trip worth of photos without wearing my glasses. Meow.
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golfecho (I will regret that) More info | Jan 03, 2010 18:21 | #8 AmandaMarie wrote in post #9316200 manually focused an entire day's trip worth of photos without wearing my glasses. I borrowed my brother in law's 5DMKII over christmas. He shoots without his glasses, and so adjusted the eyepiece diopter setting. I always leave mine at the zero point, so when I first tried to focus, I thought he was on manual focus, then thought the lens was broken. So I "see" your pain . . .
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JonFoster is it safe?  4,521 posts Likes: 39 Joined Feb 2005 Location: White Lake, MI More info | Jan 03, 2010 18:28 | #9 As usual I didn't follow my gut instinct on a few things... This year I plan to trust my gut more! I shoot with a Little Canon
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JeffreyG "my bits and pieces are all hard"  More info | Jan 03, 2010 19:07 | #10 AmandaMarie wrote in post #9316200 manually focused an entire day's trip worth of photos without wearing my glasses. Just view the prints without your glasses too. Should look the same. My personal stuff:http://www.flickr.com/photos/jngirbach/sets/
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Jan 03, 2010 19:30 | #11 Rick Anderson wrote in post #9314259 I have been going back and forth with Sammy's and Canon for nearly two years because of a 50mm lens that is focusing soft. Well, it turns out that the UV filter I was using to protect the lens (I removed it when having calibrated but immediately put it back on when the lens was returned) was not a UV filter at all but a soft-focus filter! DUH! Ok, that's funny!!! Mike R wrote in post #9314787 I can't remember any of the dumb things I did last year. I'll ask my wife, she probably wrote them down! I think my wife considers it her job to remember mine. Website: Iowa Landscape Photography
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mikekelley "Meow! Bark! Honk! Hiss! Grrr! Tweet!"  7,317 posts Likes: 16 Joined Feb 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA More info | Jan 03, 2010 19:35 | #12 lost a lens over a cliff. woops. Los Angeles-Based Architectural, Interior, And Luxury Real Estate Photography
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ronnier38930 Member 100 posts Joined Aug 2009 Location: Mississippi More info | Jan 03, 2010 20:18 | #13 bad luck on the lens
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RubiJane Goldmember  1,827 posts Joined Nov 2005 Location: Waterdown, ON More info | Jan 03, 2010 21:14 | #14 |
MTStringer Goldmember  4,652 posts Likes: 6 Joined May 2006 Location: Channelview, Tx More info | Jan 03, 2010 21:17 | #15 Rubi Jane wrote in post #9318209 Was rushing to setup a job and my Elinchrom Skyport transmitter wouldn't trigger the strobes. I quickly dropped in a new battery and it still didn't work. Then I realized I hadn't even turned the transmitter on...doh! *1 for me also.
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