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carnkie
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17 years ago

Obviously many people here are keen and knowlegeable photographers. I don't know if anyone tuned into the Antiques Roadshow tonight but there was a bloke on their with part of his Nikon collection. All I can say is I was gobsmacked. It was incredible and worth a fortune.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

ben88800
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17 years ago

#2

i wonder if any of his cameras had been where ours have i know from what has happened to me they dont last forever or stop in tip top condition. there is a growing collection of dead cameras in my shed lol and santa had to bring a new one this year

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simonrl
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17 years ago

#3

I've drowned two Nikon 8400s this year 😞 Hoping 2008 will be a bit cheaper kit-wise 😞

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

ben88800
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17 years ago

#4

dont say that i have just got an olympus e410 dslr which i will be testing out underground in the morning knowing my look i will do the same now 😞 😢 :curse:

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carnkie
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17 years ago

#5

Apparently the Nikon F series was the camera of choice during the Vietnam War with the professionals. When things got a bit hairy they used to seal the cameras in plastic bags, dump them in a river, and retrieve them later.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

carnkie
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17 years ago

#6

At the risk of sounding stupid, not unusual for me, can you not use a waterproof case? Of course this wouldn't help if the water was 50 foot deep. 🙂

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

ben88800
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17 years ago

#7

i keep mine pretty well wraped up so not much water gets to them :lol: :lol: :lol: its the getting knocked around and dirt in them that killed mine

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simonrl
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17 years ago

#8

"carnkie" wrote:
At the risk of sounding stupid, not unusual for me, can you not use a waterproof case? Of course this wouldn't help if the water was 50 foot deep. 🙂

The Pelicases that a lot of people use are very good, mine developed a small leak, but to their credit they offer a lifetime warranty and I had a replacement within 2 days :thumbsup:

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

carnkie
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17 years ago

#9

The Pelicases that a lot of people use are very good, mine developed a small leak, but to their credit they offer a lifetime warranty and I had a replacement within 2 days :thumbsup:

Ohh, no expense then Simon. 😉

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

simonrl
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17 years ago

#10

Not that time ;)

Mind you, it wasn't my camera inside, it was Vanoord's. He'd lent it to me which given I'd drowned my last two was probably not a good idea ;)

It's one thing worrying that you're going to ruin another camera of your own, but quite another worrying that you're going to ruin a friend's. Fortunately it didn't get damaged, only a tiny amount of water leaked into the box.

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

LAP
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17 years ago

#11

I don't tend to take mine into extremely dogey places, and I always keep it in a sealed yellow box used for underwater photography. So as yet I haven't had any problems, though I did drop a finepix at Thrang Crag Quarry, which messed up the lens retraction a bit.. 😞

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

LAP
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17 years ago

#12

so are Miles and Vanoord the ones ones here now with working 8400s?

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

ben88800
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17 years ago

#13

just got back from smallcleugh after testing my new DSLR plugged the damned thing in and got a message saying the memory card was corrupt so when digital goes wrong it goes wrong and you get left with nothing 😢 😢 😢

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Vanoord
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17 years ago

#14

SimonRL has a new 8400; Colonel Mustard uses one for his fine photography; and over on DarkPlaces, Darkstar has produced some fabulous pics with one, including (I think) the calcium deposits that are in the calendar.

Incidentally, anyone who hasn't got a calendar, be warned there are virtually none left, so hurry hurry hurry!

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What DSLR are you using Ben?

Hello again darkness, my old friend...

LAP
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17 years ago

#15

"Vanoord" wrote:
SimonRL has a new 8400; Colonel Mustard uses one for his fine photography; and over on DarkPlaces, Darkstar has produced some fabulous pics with one, including (I think) the calcium deposits that are in the calendar.

Incidentally, anyone who hasn't got a calendar, be warned there are virtually none left, so hurry hurry hurry!

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What DSLR are you using Ben?[/qu ote]

I think Colonel Mustard's is currently out of service and beig fixed...

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

ben88800
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17 years ago

#16

Olympus E410 just got it a couple of days ago after the kodak digital i had been using died todays trouble i think is down to the compact flash card because when i was up nenthead yesturday i used an xd memory card which worked fine. most of the photos which i uploaded yesturday where taken with a fujifilm finepix s5600 which works well on the surface but does not like underground

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james l
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17 years ago

#17

Ben It could be the damp affecting your memory card,its happened to me ,I popped it on a towel on top of a radiator for
a few hours and its worked fine ever since.When i saw you at nenthead yesterday,one of my batterys went into meltdown,took me hours to repair damage to camera
James L

Stay Away From That Trap Door.

ben88800
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17 years ago

#18

hi james i will try that. it was nice to see you yesturday up at nenthead its funny how you meet people. o dear that does not sound to good why could it not have been a flat battery like you thought when we where up near middlecleugh lol cameras can be a real pain but we use them so much now would be hard to be with out them

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Boggy
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17 years ago

#19

"ben88800" wrote:
Olympus E410 just got it a couple of days ago after the kodak digital i had been using died todays trouble i think is down to the compact flash card because when i was up nenthead yesturday i used an xd memory card which worked fine. most of the photos which i uploaded yesturday where taken with a fujifilm finepix s5600 which works well on the surface but does not like underground

ohoh i just bought a finepix s8000fd i hope that likes it underground or im going to cry 😞

if its a hole explore it...

james l
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17 years ago

#20

Ive had my camera two years now,its been drenched a few times and dried out its a fuji S9500 it takes good pics underground,I think yesterdays incident was the battery rather than the cameras , hopefully.
James L

Stay Away From That Trap Door.