I suck

[Venturi]

So far, knocks on MDF desktop, I haven't forgotten the memory card. However this summer I did shoot an entire roll of "no film at all" in my Super Program because I didn't make sure the leader was securely in the take-up spool.

I'm quite positive those were the best 37 exposures I never made...

[johnmflores]

Originally Posted by PrimeObjectif

This helicopter just flew right past my balcony. I ran upstairs and fired off about 20 awesome shots--only to realize that I didn't have a memory card in my camera. %#$&*!!!

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Here, have a unicorn:

[RawheaD]

Originally Posted by Venturi

So far, knocks on MDF desktop, I haven't forgotten the memory card. However this summer I did shoot an entire roll of "no film at all" in my Super Program because I didn't make sure the leader was securely in the take-up spool.

I'm quite positive those were the best 37 exposures I never made...

Yeah, same thing happened the other day with my Hasselblad and Velvia 50 film. There were a few, VERY well thought-out long exposure autumn foliage shots.... that never reached the emulsion


Problem with Hassie is that there is no visual feedback to check that the film is actually winding. With your Super Program (and most all 35mm SLRs), if you'd been careful, you would've noticed that your rewind lever wasn't spinning around as it should as your "wound" your film :-D

[pingflood]

Originally Posted by jct us101

That's why you should go Canon. The cameras get mad at you if you try taking photos without cards in them.

My 50D lets me fire away all day without a CF card in it unless you disable "Shoot w/o card" in the menu.

[reeftool]

We have all been there and probably be there again. Thats why nobody ever gets a clear shot of Bigfoot or the UFO that landed on the neighbors roof.

[res3567]

Originally Posted by Venturi

So far, knocks on MDF desktop, I haven't forgotten the memory card. However this summer I did shoot an entire roll of "no film at all" in my Super Program because I didn't make sure the leader was securely in the take-up spool.

I'm quite positive those were the best 37 exposures I never made...

Yea that happened to me once a long time ago. Check this out. Back in my film days I shot an event using flash. I had one eye completey closed and the other open eye in my viewfinder. I popped away not realizing my flash was not firing, until I got back the roll of film with severely underexposed shots. My pc cord had came lose. Now I shoot with both eyes open to ensure I see the flash going off.

[zenimagery]

lol actually made me chuckle a little :P happened a few times to me when i was doing some food shots, but luckily i check my images after a few snaps so i saw there was no memory card and also food doesn't fly away so i was able to retake those shots

[jsherman999]

Originally Posted by PrimeObjectif

This helicopter just flew right past my balcony. I ran upstairs and fired off about 20 awesome shots--only to realize that I didn't have a memory card in my camera. %#$&*!!!

.

At least you didn't drive 20 minutes from your house, climb up a friggin' hill and then realize you had no cards with you.

I'm still mad about that.

[res3567]

Originally Posted by jsherman999

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At least you didn't drive 20 minutes from your house, climb up a friggin' hill and then realize you had no cards with you.

I'm still mad about that.

Now that does suck!

[monochrome]

Originally Posted by PrimeObjectif

This helicopter just flew right past my balcony. I ran upstairs and fired off about 20 awesome shots--only to realize that I didn't have a memory card in my camera. %#$&*!!!

Originally Posted by jsherman999

.

At least you didn't drive 20 minutes from your house, climb up a friggin' hill and then realize you had no cards with you.

I'm still mad about that.

Meh. At least you didn't get up before dawn to go leaf-peeping, drive 90 miles into the country, in the fog, stop at a RR crossing as the sun was just cresting a red and golden tree line and reflecting off the leading-lines curve of the tracks (through the fog, with the amber signal n the distance), take the shot, chimp, and exclaim . . .

[Ash]

Originally Posted by monochrome

Meh. At least you didn't get up before dawn to go leaf-peeping, drive 90 miles into the country, in the fog, stop at a RR crossing as the sun was just cresting a red and golden tree line and reflecting off the leading-lines curve of the tracks (through the fog, with the amber signal n the distance), take the shot, chimp, and exclaim . . .

That's gotta hurt!

[MoparFreak69]

I keep 2 spares in my camera bag just in case. Plus I immediately install the card back in the camera after I take pictures off so I can't possibly screw it up....................right?

[monochrome]

Originally Posted by Ash

That's gotta hurt!

Originally Posted by MoparFreak69

I keep 2 spares in my camera bag just in case. Plus I immediately install the card back in the camera after I take pictures off so I can't possibly screw it up....................right?

Right!!! So do I.

Actually, Ash, before I started shooting again I would have stopped to look at the scene and been perfectly content to have merely seen it.

[jmc7104]

I got several, Started back in 1957 with slr shooting slides. So over the years there has been many. The one I am guilty of most often is not checking camera settings after grabbbing camera out of bag. Latest one, just this week I was at local airport to try to catch a couple of jet liners comeing in to land. Had the mobile scanner on but wasn't picking up much traffic, couple touch and go cubs flying in and back out. Put the K20/BigMa back in the case, settings for
TVA 1=800/f8, when I put it away. Radio swaks xxxx on final aproach runway 19E look over my right sholder an sure enough here he comes, grab camera out of bag, flip switch on hit shutter button 1/2 way for focus shoot zoom in shoot ect take eight of the most blown out
photo's I have ever seen. Looked at settings, Manual Oh well. Can teach an old new teicks but he cannot remember them for very long.