Yeah, my only consolation was that this was a personal assignment. But, the other families have come to " rely" on my meet photos, and I enjoy sharing them. If this were a paying gig, it would be an unmitigated disaster. The other lesson I've learned is to keep my bag with me - sometimes, I am tempted to leave it with my husband in the stands as I roam the track perimeter... Bad idea, since I've had a couple of times when a battery did need to be replaced, or the flops started, and I needed to switch bodies in the middle of a race.
When traveling, though, I didn't really want to bring everything... I thought 2 bodies was enough. What could go wrong? On Jun 16, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: That sucks. I've been traveling light on assignments now and then, leaving the backup home. It's no consolation, but at least you've taught me a lesson. Paul via phone On Jun 16, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > > It happened at a bad time, too. We flew to North Carolina for the National > High School Outdoor Track meet this weekend... After the first 400 meters of > the 4 x 800 meter relay championship race... in which my son & his team were > competing .. The camera stopped working. I had shot a couple dozen frames at > the meet already, no problem. But, then, it just stopped. Wouldn't focus, > wouldn't shoot, no matter the on/off, in/out/switch of battery, lens switch, > shooting mode change, etc. it turns on, but when you press the shutter, it > freezes, and the LCD says "battery depleted" (though it is not). Then, it > won't do anything. That was yesterday, same story this morning. > > So. Stuff happens, I get that. Still, I'm finding it hard to imagine a > worse betrayal of gear right now. I have been shooting these guys all year, > they have had a great run, so to speak, since the winter season. This was > their last race together. This was a big deal. They ran their best time > ever, finished in the top 10. And I have no photos. > > Not sure if this is a warranty repair or not... Especially since the mirror > flop fix of last year... Will check my paperwork when I get home. Wondering > if I have reached the point of throwing good money after bad, at least on > this camera. > > Maybe you'll be hearing from me again on for sale Friday.... > > (For the record, my "back-up camera", the K-01, also made the trip, my > husband was shooting video with it at the time. Glad we have that, anyway.) > > :( > -c > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
