Results tagged “Rough use” from Nikonian Martin Joergensen
By Martin Joergensen | August 24, 2008 12:09 PM | Permalink
I went shooting in the rain yesterday- recording an "On Location" podcast about shooting in the rain. And of course it rained... that was the whole idea. Now, rain and cameras probably isn't the best combo, but you can get some really nice pictures when the weather is rough, and there is only one way to get them: get out there!
So I did. Went out in the worst rain we've had all August, and apart from having a fun day shooting, I got some decent pictures - and a wet camera. I shot with my D200 and my 70-200mm f2.8.
Both have "dust and moisture countermeasures" as Nikon puts it, and I'm sure that has saved me lots of times. I usually don't bother much about rain and dirt, and my philosophy is to get that camera out and shoot some images - no matter the weather or the conditions. OK, it has cost me a few point&shoot cameras but (knock on wood) I still haven't sacrificed an SLR to the gods of the elements.
I went shooting again today with the same combination of gear - in great weather by the way - and it all worked like a charm.
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By Martin Joergensen | August 18, 2008 6:04 PM | Permalink
Well, I might not have it personally, but my D200 certainly suffers some from some kind of disease, and DBS - Dead Battery Syndrome - is a very likely diagnosis. I have mentioned it before in my podcast: my D200 will sometimes go into spasms and start blinking wildly in the veiwfinder. The focus points will turn on and off and the viewfinder will dim slightly for every convulsion. Of course the camera fails completely when it happens, and usually won't react at all - not even turn off.
I had the problem yesterday during a shoot, but while the camera usually fails completely, it did fire yesterday, but right after the exposure the image in the viewfinder would jerk due to a sudden erratic motion in the VR in my 70-200 f2.8 - and worst of all: the camera wouldn't record any image. It focused, the VR worked, it fired, but then a total failure and no image.
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By Martin Joergensen | June 30, 2008 10:26 PM | Permalink
I have always had problems with the hot shoes on my
cameras. I shoot a lot of pictures very close to saltwater -
sometimes even wading in saltwater - and that invariably means
saltwater sprays all over my cameras.
Most of them have endured this otherwise rough torture, but a few have suffered the BHSCS (Bad-Hot-Shoe-Contact-Syndrome).
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