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I headed south to Manchester this weekend and took my camera with me. It was all going great until........




I realised I had left the memory card in the PC!!! lol.

Has anyone else done this at the worst time?
 
spare memory cards live in camera bag permanently...

you can buy sd cards pretty much anywhere at least these days, in a real pinch. compact flash, notsomuch.
 
Hejikibob said:
I headed south to Manchester this weekend and took my camera with me. It was all going great until........




I realised I had left the memory card in the PC!!! lol.

Has anyone else done this at the worst time?
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Guilty as charged :bonk:
 
Never managed that one before, always made sure I've got more memory cards than I can use
 
yes I'm also guilty of doing this. I once drove 20 miles to take a reflection shot of a suspension bridge. Turned the camera on...error no card
 
I did this once. Left my camera bag in the car and walk through a park (couple of miles) and found deer. Went back to the car and just grabbed my camera and bigma, walked all the way back and error no CF!!!

Felt a right (word that is not allowed on here).
 
my mate did it a few months ago on our way to Scotland.......£35 for a 4 gig class 4 at the services :eek:
 
Decided to leave the DSLR behind for a trip to London and Tate Modern.. grabbed the trusty Minolta S414 compact.. no memory card.. easily solved, grabbed 4Gb card from the DSLR bag. Get to London, walking through Borough Market.. "****!" the Minolta won't read cards that big.. so I had the memory card.. just couldn't use it.
 
Always have a spare XD card in the camera case...
 
worst was yesterday went to a family members house and forgot the memory card along with the battery as it was on charge from the night before
 
I've done similar before; taken a camera out and it carries on shooting after 36 frames... "Huh???" Tentatively open back just incase the film is halfway through, then realise there isn't any film in there! :(
 
Glad to see I'm not the only one then lol.

I remembered to sort the battery as I have got 2 of them. I will have to get another CF card soon I think :)
 
Nope as I have lots. I did however wander around Kandy town centre in Sri Lanka at 5am with just my camera and no battery, which was in the charger (and yes I have 4 batteries).
 
Climbed one of the hilss near Ullswater..... (no mean feat for overweight unfit and smoking me) and got there found a nice spot set the tripod up .......... left the tripod mount on the camera at home handheld day which with evlavavted heart rate lead to scrapped pics on return and lesson learnt now double check everything before leaving home... :bang:
 
6P's

simples:)
 
Yes. I was familiarising myself with a friend's car at Kemble one afternoon in the week last year, as we were competing it that coming weekend. We couldn't use the main runway for testing as someone else was using it. I had my camera and suitable lens with me and took lots of pictures of the Brawn GP car blatting back and forth doing straight line aero tests.

Sadly, without a memory card in it. Didn't realise until I got home.
 
battery left on charge?
Memory card still in reader?
ideal lens in other bag?
No QR plate on camera?

Done all of the above and many other basic errors. Fortunately, these days, I've got space in the bag for plenty of spare memory, batteries and I very rarely use any other bag.
 
What's the 6P's?

Googling '6 p's photography definition' doesn't bring anything of any use back (in the first few pages I looked on anyway :lol: )
 
Hejikibob said:
What's the 6P's?

Googling '6 p's photography definition' doesn't bring anything of any use back (in the first few pages I looked on anyway :lol: )
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Prior Preparation Prevents **** Poor Performance ;)
 
Thats another advantage to the D90 over my older D60, if there is no memory card in it doesnt fire.

So before i take the camera out I quickly turn it on and fire a shot (even with the lens cap on)..... if it doesnt fire, theres something not right, either a low battery (hardly ever with the grip) or more often than not, the memory card still in the pc slot.

Felt your pain with the D60 though.
 
I think if people were being honest most have done it at some time or other. Guilty as charged.
 
I've left the QR plate on my desk before now, that's why I now have 3 of them.

1 on the camera, one in the bag, and as I have both a tripod & a monopod (both of which live in the car) the third QR plate lives on the one of them that I'm not using...

Steve
 
Never been part of that yet as I rarely take the card out of the camera, juts use the cable to transfer it; I find it less hassle.
 
Islander said:
Prior Preparation Prevents **** Poor Performance ;)
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Aaaahh :lol: It sure does! :)

feriso said:
Never been part of that yet as I rarely take the card out of the camera, juts use the cable to transfer it; I find it less hassle.
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I used to do that but the transfer rate is a lot faster using hte card slot and with a 2gb that is full it saves a lot of time :)
 
Hejikibob said:
What's the 6P's?

Googling '6 p's photography definition' doesn't bring anything of any use back (in the first few pages I looked on anyway :lol: )
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I think I've seen an advert on tv about that. It's something that affects the older generation when they need to frequently go to the loo. I believe there's tablets available... :D
 
+1, guilty of cards and batteries!

Now 1gb CF card lives permanantly in back of wallet, fully charged spare 7dayshop battery in the jack bag in the boot of the car.
 
Like Feriso I never take the card out of the camera, I have an 8GB card in my 350D which can store 830 raw files.

Most I have had on the card at any one time is 150 from one day's trip out and they only take 4-5 minutes to download to the PC, that isn't very long, or is it that I am more patient than others being older (62).

John:)
 
Went out on Sunday, camera and all lenses to hand. Charged the batteries day before and packed bag with lenses I wanted and 3 16Gb SD cards. laptop along just in case more space needed!!. Set up, 3 shots shot and battery died.....left the 2 fully charged batteries on the desk at home :bonk:

Didn't I feel silly.
 
Done similar when I had an old Canon 35mm. All good to go, went to push the shutter. No battery. LOL
 
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