I'm a Chump

[poah]

Took Lewis down to the beach at Rhyl this afternoon to build sand castles and to take a few snaps. Took the bronica with a roll of Adox CHS 25 and the 40D with the 10-22 attached. Used up the roll and then went to take some digital shots. put the bronica away took the 40D out, set up the shot on the tripod then realised I never had a CF card in teh camera and no spare since I had the bronica bag lol :@

so here is a picture of me taking a picture courtsy of my wife

[Simpo Two]

poah said:

took the 40D out, set up the shot on the tripod then realised I never had a CF card in teh camera and no spare

Ah yes, one of those 'philbrettguy' moments

Good pic though.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Simpo Two said:

Ah yes, one of those 'philbrettguy' moments

I have a technique named after me.

[Jenx]

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[tog]

That's why my digi SLRs always have the shutter set to not fire if there's no card in the camera. In the film days it was easy, as the camera sounded different if there was no film in (different winding on noise), or in the really old days you could see if the rewind crank was moving correctly, but with did there is no feedback, so it's the first thing I set - no card, no shutter firing.

[poah]

I have mine set to that also but never noticed till I set the shot up and went to take it lol

[Simpo Two]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

I have a technique named after me.

Yep, it's great for saving HD space

When I take a card out of the camera I always leave the door open - a nice visual indicator that reminds me to put one in before trying to take any photos.