... you get when you open the belt of your backpack and the camera case unwinds itself and tumbles down! I know it - only in my case the case just fell down to my feet. Into the only puddle for miles around!!!
from my own $700 camera which took a fatal plunge in 2004 :) Why didn't this simple thing cross my mind sooner? Of course the file system standarts may have been different a decade ago when this thing was brand new... but gotta check!
Tough luck I guess, this memory card from Epson PhotoPC 500 camera looks like no relation to today's Flash cards. It looks more like old computers' RAM cards. And the manual cheerfully says that the pictures might survive up to year with power off :/
The venerable camera plunged hundreds feet into Suicide Chute on Mt. Superior - it fell from an open packpack when it overturned. Gotta be more careful with snack breaks I guess.
keep my camera on my pack belt, that is. And I've dodged a bullet once. But, since I can't come up with any better way to keep it handy, I've just resolved to be veeeeery careful every time I take the pack off. Nice pictures. Here's hoping you can polish off Evan-Thomas one day soon!
Thanks. I knew it would happen one day. At least it happened where I could get to it. Hope you get to Evan-Thomas it's pretty area. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers William
Thanks for the tip. Its a good one. I had another senior moment yesterday. I completely forgot my camera when I went to Turtle Mountain. 2.5 hour drive to a wonderful area only to have remembered my coffee mug but not the camera. Now I have to return though. Thats the bonus. Cheers William
Thanks, William, for a well-told story. I, too, have a camera story and it was a good thing that my 15 year old (at that time) son was along! He saved not just the day, but the week! I've yet to write a trip report about it (it's in the works), but you can read about it in the second paragraph of the image I almost didn't get to take. --mark d.
that the camera didn't self destruct. I've watched many an item bound down slopes that were unrecoverable and I've still attach stuff to my pack knowing full well the consequence! Oh well, glad your camera is ok.
That is some wild and beautiful country you live in. I like it a lot.
My camera falling story goes like this. We had an exchange student from Germany, and I introduced him to rock climbing on the 3 pitch "R&D Route" (5.6) in Icicle Creek Canyon, WA. Imagine his surprise when he was belaying me and saw his nice new camera come shattering down the rock! Sigh. I had clipped it to my harness and it came off while I searched for a nut. "Welcome to America!" I said :-P.
I killed my camera crossing a river in the San Juans last year. I retardedly had the camera in my hand while crossing, and slipped. Catching myself, I dunked the camera. And it was in one of the most beautiful areas I've ever been in. Oh well. Glad your camera survived the trip.
Gangolf Haub - Nov 3, 2006 5:03 pm - Voted 10/10
That sinking feeling...... you get when you open the belt of your backpack and the camera case unwinds itself and tumbles down! I know it - only in my case the case just fell down to my feet. Into the only puddle for miles around!!!
Also a Nikon Coolpix which kept working....
William Marler - Nov 3, 2006 5:15 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: That sinking feeling...Yup know that feeling. Hopefully it only happens once. (•: Cheers William
Dmitry Pruss - Nov 3, 2006 5:44 pm - Voted 10/10
I need to look at a cardfrom my own $700 camera which took a fatal plunge in 2004 :) Why didn't this simple thing cross my mind sooner? Of course the file system standarts may have been different a decade ago when this thing was brand new... but gotta check!
Nice story :)
William Marler - Nov 3, 2006 8:54 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: I need to look at a cardThe images should be OK. Hope so. Cheers William
Dmitry Pruss - Nov 4, 2006 3:14 am - Voted 10/10
Not todays' card :(Tough luck I guess, this memory card from Epson PhotoPC 500 camera looks like no relation to today's Flash cards. It looks more like old computers' RAM cards. And the manual cheerfully says that the pictures might survive up to year with power off :/
The venerable camera plunged hundreds feet into Suicide Chute on Mt. Superior - it fell from an open packpack when it overturned. Gotta be more careful with snack breaks I guess.
William Marler - Nov 3, 2006 8:55 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Been there too!Thanks. Rivers can be nasty to cameras... Cheers William
cftbq - Nov 3, 2006 6:57 pm - Hasn't voted
I do it tookeep my camera on my pack belt, that is. And I've dodged a bullet once. But, since I can't come up with any better way to keep it handy, I've just resolved to be veeeeery careful every time I take the pack off. Nice pictures. Here's hoping you can polish off Evan-Thomas one day soon!
William Marler - Nov 3, 2006 8:57 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: I do it tooThanks. I knew it would happen one day. At least it happened where I could get to it. Hope you get to Evan-Thomas it's pretty area. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers William
Peak Freak - Nov 4, 2006 6:38 pm - Voted 10/10
Great read!Your opening caught my attention, and you kept if for the rest of the story.
EB
PS: I use a safety pin to attach my case to the waist strap on my backpack so that it doesn't slide off.
William Marler - Nov 5, 2006 3:49 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Great read!Thanks for the tip. Its a good one. I had another senior moment yesterday. I completely forgot my camera when I went to Turtle Mountain. 2.5 hour drive to a wonderful area only to have remembered my coffee mug but not the camera. Now I have to return though. Thats the bonus. Cheers William
ktnbs - Nov 5, 2006 12:54 am - Hasn't voted
nice storyand crisp photos.
William Marler - Nov 5, 2006 3:45 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: nice storyThanks. Cheers William
Mark Doiron - Nov 6, 2006 12:35 pm - Voted 10/10
Well Told!Thanks, William, for a well-told story. I, too, have a camera story and it was a good thing that my 15 year old (at that time) son was along! He saved not just the day, but the week! I've yet to write a trip report about it (it's in the works), but you can read about it in the second paragraph of the image I almost didn't get to take. --mark d.
William Marler - Nov 6, 2006 7:00 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Well Told!Good story. Clever boy you have there. Cheers William
klwagar - Nov 7, 2006 8:38 pm - Voted 10/10
amazingthat the camera didn't self destruct. I've watched many an item bound down slopes that were unrecoverable and I've still attach stuff to my pack knowing full well the consequence! Oh well, glad your camera is ok.
mvs - Nov 7, 2006 10:52 pm - Voted 10/10
Wild countryThat is some wild and beautiful country you live in. I like it a lot.
My camera falling story goes like this. We had an exchange student from Germany, and I introduced him to rock climbing on the 3 pitch "R&D Route" (5.6) in Icicle Creek Canyon, WA. Imagine his surprise when he was belaying me and saw his nice new camera come shattering down the rock! Sigh. I had clipped it to my harness and it came off while I searched for a nut. "Welcome to America!" I said :-P.
William Marler - Nov 8, 2006 6:48 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Wild countryAt least it didn't bonk him on his head. (•: Hope he forgave you. (•: Cheers William
Commando - Nov 24, 2006 6:05 am - Hasn't voted
Great storyI killed my camera crossing a river in the San Juans last year. I retardedly had the camera in my hand while crossing, and slipped. Catching myself, I dunked the camera. And it was in one of the most beautiful areas I've ever been in. Oh well. Glad your camera survived the trip.