Yeah I unfortunately know a poor D200 which never found it's way out of ProgramAuto mode. I think every time someone clicks the shutter on that thing god kills a kitten.
hehehehe... I'll have to meet up with you and -spam- at some stage. You sound like great guys!
My best experience was actually in a camera shop here called "Photo Continental". Ok, I love the place, they know me by name now in there... but... they are so hopeless.
I walked in there one day because my Mamiya C330 had it's back door jammed and I needed someone to help me open it. So I walked up to their service counter and this is what the girl said to me
her: "wow... is that a camera?"
me: (thinking she was joking) *laughs*
then I realise hang on, she wasn't joking. uh oh.... "um.. yeah it's a medium format camera"
her: ".... oh ... what's that?"
me: (realising there's no hope)... "umm... do you think there's someone around who could help me with this camera?"
oh dear... :-(
But then again, I usually get weird comments about my mamiya.
2nd funny comment
I went out with my boyfriend, 350D, Polaroid Sx-70, and tripod in hand to some cliffs on the river to get some nice Night time city shots over the river, and then to get some photos of the cliffs at night with abseilers on them. It was really gorgeous.
There was also a small group of young twenty somethings having a bbq there.
One of them also had a 350D or similar and was trying to take a photo of their group, while I was sort of near them taking photos of the city lights.
Anyway, we heard them laughing because I didn't have a flash.
hmm ok. So then I stuck the Sx-70 on the tripod and moved over to the cliffs.
Seriously, everyone was watching me. Partly because I was trying to hold my polarizing filter infront of the lens so it didn't over expose.
One guy came up to me and said, "Nice Camera".
me, "thanks"
him, "so why are you putting that stuff in front of it" (stuff is polarizing filter and black card to reduce exposure)
me, "to make sure the film doesn't over expose"
him, "over expose?"
me, thinking: oh god... I really don't want to explain all of this. so I figure I'll just freak him out and keep talking for ages until he thinks I'm weird and leaves me along, "it's a special film camera made in the 70s and they used to make this special film for it but they don't make the film for it anymore, so I have to use a different sort of film now..... blah blah blah.
him, "can I have a look at some pictures?"
me, thinking: go away! but because they're right there in my hand I can't really say that, so I said: "ok"
he looks at them... and says.. "oh they're not very good are they, your old camera must be broken"
I then realise he's looking at a picture I literally just took and it's only just started developing... hehehe... it was all grey and horrible and he thought I was so proud of that! :mrgreen:
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