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Jul 06, 2010 16:23 |  #1

I got this in a forward today and thought some people here might appreciate it. :) Probably even dealt with people like this in the past.

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Customer: “Where are your film cameras?”

Me: “I’m sorry sir, we don’t carry those anymore, but our digital ones are right over there.”

Customer: “Okay, and where are the film ones?”

Me: “Unfortunately, we stopped carrying film cameras a long time ago.”

Customer: “Is that one film?”

Me: “No, sir. None of the cameras in this store will be film.”

Customer: “But that one is big. See, the film goes right there!”

Me: “That is actually where the batteries go. This camera doesn’t need film because it is a digital camera”

Customer: “So where does the film go?”

Me: “No film, sir. They store the pictures on an SD card.”

Customer: “Why aren’t you listening? All I want is to buy a film camera!”

Me: “I am very sorry sir, but we only carry digital cameras. No film cameras.”

Customer: *looks at a camera* “I think I want that one. What kind of film is best to put in it?”

Me: *giving up* “It is actually pretty interesting, they started putting all the film in this tiny little card to protect it from any sort of light. Only machines can develop the film, because the card is so small, so you can only get prints by putting the card in a computer.”

Customer: “Isn’t that amazing! That is so smart, the things they come up with today!”




  
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Jul 07, 2010 06:57 |  #2

A real facepalm moment!


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Jul 07, 2010 08:10 |  #3

lol.........that is a great story.


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Jul 07, 2010 09:00 |  #4

So, if the SD cards hold film does that mean that the CF cards hold slides?


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Jul 07, 2010 11:24 |  #5

F/M Bill wrote in post #10492087 (external link)
So, if the SD cards hold film does that mean that the CF cards hold slides?

Yes, but, again you have to use a computer or computer projector to view the slides. It's amazing though - a whole carousel in this tiny card!


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Jul 07, 2010 11:24 |  #6

F/M Bill wrote in post #10492087 (external link)
So, if the SD cards hold film does that mean that the CF cards hold slides?

Actually, the salesman had it backwards:

CF = Compact Film; and

SD = SliDes.




  
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Jul 08, 2010 15:03 |  #7

NICE!


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