By the way, I never power off my camera. I just let it go to sleep. There doesn't seem to be a downside to doing this.-Noel
I would still prefer to power off when the camera is packed away in the case. That way, you know it has also gone through the sensor clean cycle.
When I am shooting, the camera is the last thing to be packed up. I've sometimes had people come late and demand a shot, even though the background has been taken down and the rest of the staff have left - hey, if you wanna pay..
Doug
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
Noel Carboni wrote:
>>Chuck, is this really a given? Seems to me the camera can display an image review while the red light is still on, writing data to the card.<<
The thumbnail image displayed on the camera LCD is generated while the image data is still in the buffer, but the design of the camera is such that when a CF card is installed, an error message is displayed on the LCD screen if the file cannot be written to the card successfully.
Hm, so it seems even if he did review the shots they might not have been on the card. That would surely have taken some time, though, probably long enough for the camera to fail the write.
Perhaps Doug wasn't watching the back LCD carefully and it did display a message. Might that message be overwritten if he pressed the "play" button to review the images?
I'm still trying to come to grips with how data could be shot, reviewed, yet never make it onto the card. Whatever it is it certainly doesn't happen very often.
If there was a data communication problem with the CF card, the error message would have shown up almost instantly. The error message cannot be removed by pressing the review button.
Perhaps Doug wasn't watching the back LCD carefully and it did display a message. Might that message be overwritten if he pressed the "play" button to review the images?
-Noel
That sort of adds to the problem. When the video out has a plug in it, the back LCD is automatically turned off. There was no message on the TV at all - of course other than the image. I will admit that I never look at the top LCD display once everything is set-up and working.
To get back to the aliens - I don't expect too many people to believe me until it happens to them. I've been on the other side of helping people with card failures (I think this isn't though) and my normal response is "it's almost always human failure"
To be continued ...
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
Is it a given that everything that would display on the back LCD displays on the TV when connected as in Doug's setup? I haven't used the video capability at all.
Is it a given that everything that would display on the back LCD displays on the TV when connected as in Doug's setup? I haven't used the video capability at all.
-Noel
Precisely. The rear LCD is disabled when the jack goes in. The advantage is that you can have a 20" display instead of 4".
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
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