coolrun
January 2nd, 2004, 06:03 PM
Everyone has these stories. People ask us questions about their own digital cameras when they see we have a pro DSLR. Here are my top three stories of last year.
1 – A lady comes over to me at a party. “I spent a lot of money on this camera. It worked fine when it was brand new. Lately there is a problem. Every time I turn it on, it shuts off.” The camera is a 5mp P&S with loads of features. I turn it on, the lens pops out, and then it shuts down. She says, “See? It doesn’t work!” I switch it on again and look at the battery indicator. It blinks twice indicating dead batteries and dies again. I remove the four alkaline AA’s and ask the lady, “How old are these batteries?” She tells me, “They came with the camera and are only four months old. They should still be working!”
2- A friend shows me his holiday present, a nice Minolta digital camera. He tells me it works fine but it is “full” right now. He can’t use it. I said, “What do you mean it is full?” He says, “There is no room inside the camera for more images.” It turns out he takes pictures, views them on the LCD, and deletes what he doesn’t want. Since he hasn’t edited in a few days, the camera is “full”. I told him he could download the images into his computer and reformat the CF card so it could be reused. Or, he could insert a new CF card. He had no idea you could do this. He thought you view images on the LCD and that was it.
3- Another friend meets me outdoors one day. He tells me he enjoys his digital camera but wishes the CF card could hold more images. I ask him what size card is inside. He says he doesn’t know. So I take his camera and begin to pop open the door to look at his card. He grabs the camera away from me in horror. “Don’t open the camera! You’ll expose all the pictures!”
1 – A lady comes over to me at a party. “I spent a lot of money on this camera. It worked fine when it was brand new. Lately there is a problem. Every time I turn it on, it shuts off.” The camera is a 5mp P&S with loads of features. I turn it on, the lens pops out, and then it shuts down. She says, “See? It doesn’t work!” I switch it on again and look at the battery indicator. It blinks twice indicating dead batteries and dies again. I remove the four alkaline AA’s and ask the lady, “How old are these batteries?” She tells me, “They came with the camera and are only four months old. They should still be working!”
2- A friend shows me his holiday present, a nice Minolta digital camera. He tells me it works fine but it is “full” right now. He can’t use it. I said, “What do you mean it is full?” He says, “There is no room inside the camera for more images.” It turns out he takes pictures, views them on the LCD, and deletes what he doesn’t want. Since he hasn’t edited in a few days, the camera is “full”. I told him he could download the images into his computer and reformat the CF card so it could be reused. Or, he could insert a new CF card. He had no idea you could do this. He thought you view images on the LCD and that was it.
3- Another friend meets me outdoors one day. He tells me he enjoys his digital camera but wishes the CF card could hold more images. I ask him what size card is inside. He says he doesn’t know. So I take his camera and begin to pop open the door to look at his card. He grabs the camera away from me in horror. “Don’t open the camera! You’ll expose all the pictures!”