Um, have you named it?

photolady95 · 04-15-2011, 02:01 AM

Originally posted by JeffJS

There is no explanation for most of what I do.

We know that Jeff.

Mine isn't a he but doesn't have a name yet. I just call her, her because she's smarter than most men I know.

hoanpham · 04-15-2011, 02:10 AM

Can't remember the names, and can't name them all..
They won't answer me when I am asking what's their name.

I use now the 'creator' name of lenses: K50f1.4, A28f2.8, etc. For the twins, I call them A50f1.7a and A50f1.7b, where a is the first born (serial#). Same as flashes. All the twins do have minor distinct signs if I really look after those ;-)

Batteries too are organized into sets of 4 or sets of 2 to prolong the lifespan of them.

KarenH · 04-15-2011, 02:43 AM

Originally posted by hoanpham

Can't remember the names, and can't name them all..
They won't answer me when I am asking what's their name.

I use now the 'creator' name of lenses: K50f1.4, A28f2.8, etc. For the twins, I call them A50f1.7a and A50f1.7b, where a is the first born (serial#). Same as flashes. All the twins do have minor distinct signs if I really look after those ;-)

Batteries too are organized into sets of 4 or sets of 2 to prolong the lifespan of them.

For a sec I thought you were going to tell you had given names to the batteries

hoanpham · 04-15-2011, 02:53 AM

Originally posted by KarenH

For a sec I thought you were going to tell you had given names to the batteries

oh yes, but a more scientific name-type: A1,A2,A3,A4, B1,B2... I think I have like 12 sets of 4, and 5 sets of 2... When one of them died, the set of 4 degrades to be set of 2... 70+ in good shape ;-)

fey · 04-15-2011, 04:51 AM - **1 Like**

My current camera(a stupid Fuji bridge) is called Beastie, because when they first saw him my friends said, and I quote, "Holy sh*t, what a fu*king beast!"

I am debating whether to call my upcoming white K-r Beastie 2.0 (excuse the geeky teen, please) or to think of a name when I get him(maybe a name will just jump out at me when I open the box). Either way, it will be a he, so I can baby him and love him and kiss him without feeling like more of a weirdo than I already am.

JeffJS · 04-15-2011, 12:02 PM

Originally posted by fey

I am debating whether to call my upcoming white K-r Beastie 2.0 (excuse the geeky teen, please) or to think of a name when I get him(maybe a name will just jump out at me when I open the box). Either way, it will be a he, so I can baby him and love him and kiss him without feeling like more of a weirdo than I already am.

Too late. You bought a Pentax. That already makes you a weirdo..... just like the rest of us

Show us some photos from your new camera when you get it so we may bask in your weirdness.

Welcome aboard.

**Wormtographer** · 04-15-2011, 01:17 PM

No name for the K-x, other than K-x.

My lenses on-the-other-hand...those all get names.

I've got creamy (FA 43mm) and dreamy (CV Nokton 58mm) with me today.

-W

fey · 04-15-2011, 01:20 PM

Originally posted by JeffJS

Too late. You bought a Pentax. That already makes you a weirdo..... just like the rest of us

Show us some photos from your new camera when you get it so we may bask in your weirdness.

Welcome aboard.

Unfortunately, the basking will have to wait. I am looking to get my baby in May, when my money agrees with the price of the two lens kit.

Thanks for the welcome! I am a Pentaxian in mind, although currently not in camera. I am weird in many other areas though, not only brand choice!

RioRico · 04-15-2011, 02:13 PM

I currently possess 40 cameras, plus another 35 that I've sold, plus another 10 that I've lost somehow. This does not include webcams, doorcams, backupcams, etc. I have not and do not and will not name them. I possessed an old Bessamatic for a few weeks, and I referred to it as BESSIE to the buyer, but that was just marketing. I suppose I couol call my two Argus C3's OLD BRICK and OLDER BRICK, but I don't. I suppose I could call my K20D GENTLE BEN because it's such a bear, but I don't. And I could call my failed Sony DSC-W7 YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SH!T but I don't.

No names! Why not?

1) I'd probably forget the names unless they were tattooed on the cams.
2) Nobody around me would know what the f*ck I was talking about.
3) I'm a cold, insensitive brute, unsuited to such intimate relationships.

I don't name my guitars, banjos, lutes, mandolins, synths, etc. I don't name my radios, AV gear, calculators, flashlights, etc. I do name my computers and drives and printers, to facilitate network management. I have named vehicles. My first housecar was SPUD because it looked like a potato hauler. An old Dodge station wagon was TOOTS because it was Tootsie-Roll colored. (I could have called it CACA, eh?) My old SUV's, a Ford Exploder and a Nissan Murano, are BIG BLUE and LI'L BLUE, because... well, because they're both blue, and one is bigger than the other.

I *do* refer to my digicams as CAM0, CAM1, CAM2 etc, at least in my image-moving software. But just wait. Time will pass. Needs will change. When we put Eye-Fi cards in all our digicams, each will be yet another network device. Cameras, like computers, will need unique names, in order to function in network environments. That doesn't necessarily mean that the names will make any sense. Oh no, let's not be sensible!

EyeSpy · 04-15-2011, 08:14 PM

Most of the cameras I use share the same name. I only use it when something doesn't work. It's: P.O.S. Yep, that little term of endearment.
But then once in a while...well most of the time, the camera slaps me back when I realize that's it's not a P.O.S. but rather I'm a D.A.

icywarm · 04-15-2011, 10:16 PM

Originally posted by RioRico

I plus another 10 that I've lost somehow

I hate that... I know I have an MX, Spottie and two 'other somethings' someplace but I cannot find them any where...

I camera is kinda like a cute girl at the office, she takes too much attention from my wife and I spend too much time playing with her buttons vs my wifes... so I don't really talk about her nor our late night baths in fixer...

my marriage is better for it... feels like a French mistress really...

jaieger · 04-15-2011, 10:58 PM

I just got an ME super, for which I quite like "Yoda". But then I'd have to name my K-x Luke, which is too generic/non starwars-y...I guess I could go with Obi-wan/Anakin? Hmm.

cwood · 04-15-2011, 11:12 PM

I have 6 slr cameras... 3 Pentax and 3 Canon... and they all have names... and NO i'm not sharing the names

but they all come from a Dr Seuss Story.

NicoleAu · 04-15-2011, 11:59 PM

Nope don't name mine, mainly because I'd forget the name anyway lol.

ChristyM · 04-16-2011, 03:27 AM - **1 Like**

Well all, you've all made me feel a lot less weird.
Ok, nevermind that, you've all made me realize that others out there share my naming weirdness. Thanks for that.

I'm getting a kick out of hearing some of the names that are being given to our 'companions', I have to say, I do pick mine up and often call 'him' baby also...."come on baby, lets go shoot" but G2 is his name most of the time.

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04-15-2011, 02:01 AM	#16
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712	Originally posted by JeffJS There is no explanation for most of what I do. We know that Jeff. Mine isn't a he but doesn't have a name yet. I just call her, her because she's smarter than most men I know.

04-15-2011, 02:10 AM	#17
hoanpham Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Strand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,366	Can't remember the names, and can't name them all.. They won't answer me when I am asking what's their name. I use now the 'creator' name of lenses: K50f1.4, A28f2.8, etc. For the twins, I call them A50f1.7a and A50f1.7b, where a is the first born (serial#). Same as flashes. All the twins do have minor distinct signs if I really look after those ;-) Batteries too are organized into sets of 4 or sets of 2 to prolong the lifespan of them.

04-15-2011, 02:43 AM	#18
KarenH Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Berkel en Rodenrijs Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 828	Originally posted by hoanpham Can't remember the names, and can't name them all.. They won't answer me when I am asking what's their name. I use now the 'creator' name of lenses: K50f1.4, A28f2.8, etc. For the twins, I call them A50f1.7a and A50f1.7b, where a is the first born (serial#). Same as flashes. All the twins do have minor distinct signs if I really look after those ;-) Batteries too are organized into sets of 4 or sets of 2 to prolong the lifespan of them. For a sec I thought you were going to tell you had given names to the batteries

04-15-2011, 02:53 AM	#19
hoanpham Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Strand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,366	Originally posted by KarenH For a sec I thought you were going to tell you had given names to the batteries oh yes, but a more scientific name-type: A1,A2,A3,A4, B1,B2... I think I have like 12 sets of 4, and 5 sets of 2... When one of them died, the set of 4 degrades to be set of 2... 70+ in good shape ;-)

04-15-2011, 04:51 AM - 1 Like	#20
fey New Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 23	My current camera(a stupid Fuji bridge) is called Beastie, because when they first saw him my friends said, and I quote, "Holy sht, what a fuking beast!" I am debating whether to call my upcoming white K-r Beastie 2.0 (excuse the geeky teen, please) or to think of a name when I get him(maybe a name will just jump out at me when I open the box). Either way, it will be a he, so I can baby him and love him and kiss him without feeling like more of a weirdo than I already am.

04-15-2011, 12:02 PM	#21
JeffJS Inactive Account Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Michigan, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,484	Originally posted by fey I am debating whether to call my upcoming white K-r Beastie 2.0 (excuse the geeky teen, please) or to think of a name when I get him(maybe a name will just jump out at me when I open the box). Either way, it will be a he, so I can baby him and love him and kiss him without feeling like more of a weirdo than I already am. Too late. You bought a Pentax. That already makes you a weirdo..... just like the rest of us Show us some photos from your new camera when you get it so we may bask in your weirdness. Welcome aboard.

04-15-2011, 01:17 PM	#22
Wormtographer Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Diego Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 166	No name for the K-x, other than K-x. My lenses on-the-other-hand...those all get names. I've got creamy (FA 43mm) and dreamy (CV Nokton 58mm) with me today. -W

04-15-2011, 01:20 PM	#23
fey New Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 23	Originally posted by JeffJS Too late. You bought a Pentax. That already makes you a weirdo..... just like the rest of us Show us some photos from your new camera when you get it so we may bask in your weirdness. Welcome aboard. Unfortunately, the basking will have to wait. I am looking to get my baby in May, when my money agrees with the price of the two lens kit. Thanks for the welcome! I am a Pentaxian in mind, although currently not in camera. I am weird in many other areas though, not only brand choice!

04-15-2011, 02:13 PM	#24
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	I currently possess 40 cameras, plus another 35 that I've sold, plus another 10 that I've lost somehow. This does not include webcams, doorcams, backupcams, etc. I have not and do not and will not name them. I possessed an old Bessamatic for a few weeks, and I referred to it as BESSIE to the buyer, but that was just marketing. I suppose I couol call my two Argus C3's OLD BRICK and OLDER BRICK, but I don't. I suppose I could call my K20D GENTLE BEN because it's such a bear, but I don't. And I could call my failed Sony DSC-W7 YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SH!T but I don't. No names! Why not? 1) I'd probably forget the names unless they were tattooed on the cams. 2) Nobody around me would know what the fck I was talking about. 3) I'm a cold, insensitive brute, unsuited to such intimate relationships. I don't name my guitars, banjos, lutes, mandolins, synths, etc. I don't name my radios, AV gear, calculators, flashlights, etc. I do name my computers and drives and printers, to facilitate network management. I have named vehicles. My first housecar was SPUD* because it looked like a potato hauler. An old Dodge station wagon was TOOTS because it was Tootsie-Roll colored. (I could have called it CACA, eh?) My old SUV's, a Ford Exploder and a Nissan Murano, are BIG BLUE and LI'L BLUE, because... well, because they're both blue, and one is bigger than the other. I do refer to my digicams as CAM0, CAM1, CAM2 etc, at least in my image-moving software. But just wait. Time will pass. Needs will change. When we put Eye-Fi cards in all our digicams, each will be yet another network device. Cameras, like computers, will need unique names, in order to function in network environments. That doesn't necessarily mean that the names will make any sense. Oh no, let's not be sensible!

04-15-2011, 08:14 PM	#25
EyeSpy Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Arizona Photos: Albums Posts: 663	Most of the cameras I use share the same name. I only use it when something doesn't work. It's: P.O.S. Yep, that little term of endearment. But then once in a while...well most of the time, the camera slaps me back when I realize that's it's not a P.O.S. but rather I'm a D.A.

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04-15-2011, 10:16 PM	#26
icywarm Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Saskatchewan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,278	Originally posted by RioRico I plus another 10 that I've lost somehow I hate that... I know I have an MX, Spottie and two 'other somethings' someplace but I cannot find them any where... I camera is kinda like a cute girl at the office, she takes too much attention from my wife and I spend too much time playing with her buttons vs my wifes... so I don't really talk about her nor our late night baths in fixer... my marriage is better for it... feels like a French mistress really...

04-15-2011, 10:58 PM	#27
jaieger Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 586	I just got an ME super, for which I quite like "Yoda". But then I'd have to name my K-x Luke, which is too generic/non starwars-y...I guess I could go with Obi-wan/Anakin? Hmm.

04-15-2011, 11:12 PM	#28
cwood Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Posts: 851	I have 6 slr cameras... 3 Pentax and 3 Canon... and they all have names... and NO i'm not sharing the names but they all come from a Dr Seuss Story.

04-15-2011, 11:59 PM	#29
NicoleAu Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Central Coast, NSW, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 539	Nope don't name mine, mainly because I'd forget the name anyway lol.

04-16-2011, 03:27 AM - 1 Like	#30
ChristyM Inactive Account Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Missouri Photos: Gallery Posts: 7 Original Poster	Well all, you've all made me feel a lot less weird. Ok, nevermind that, you've all made me realize that others out there share my naming weirdness. Thanks for that. I'm getting a kick out of hearing some of the names that are being given to our 'companions', I have to say, I do pick mine up and often call 'him' baby also...."come on baby, lets go shoot" but G2 is his name most of the time.