Why my Camera hates good shots

[Anonymous]

Whenever there is a great shot of a train I can get, one of the following happens:
Camera Shuts down
Takes 10 seconds after hitting the shutter button to take the shot
Doesn't take the shot at all
Battery dies

This happen to anyone else? is there some "Supernatural" force stopping my shots from being taken? Does someone Hate me?[:0]

[Modelcar]

....Sounds like a conspiracy to me....My worst experience just a bit different from yours was one important time while in live TV audience and taking pictures of the performance and was really satisfied I had done well.....found out later I had NO film in the camera...I learned that lesson well and it hasn't happened since.

[jeaton]

Ah yes, the old forgot the film trick. Had a friend who flew lifts for sky-divers. Got a perfect shot of of one of the divers as he did a stand-landed on his feet without tumbling-just after his feet hit the groung and just as the colorful chute was starting to drop. My dreams of having it published in Life Magazine went down like the jumper when I later opened up the camera.

I'm not going to even think about the train shots lost. It's punishment.

Jay

[JoeKoh]

be there done that no camera no film dead batteries sudden rainstorm etc etc
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

It decides to stay home when need it ..really it asked me to leave it home and
miss out on geting a good shot of two sw,s hauling pigs west.

hang on !

David Brown

[Anonymous]

What type of camera?

[Anonymous]

That seems similar to what happened to me a few weeks ago.

I waited about a half hour for this CP Coal train to come by, had the shot all lined up and ready to go, lighting was PERFECT and it was an almost head on kind of angle.

Had my digital camera out, ready to go all lined up.............boom, what happened?

The stupid thing was on video mode and not camera mode so I ended up with this tiny very poor quality of the train headed towards me, then about 3 minutes of the ground and my feet as I was watching the train go by.

That was a real downer, that would have been an awsome Desktop Picture.

[Modelcar]

...I'm sure all of us that mess with cameras have goofed up some time....some of us more than once, but it tends to teach a hard lesson and helps us to overcome that situation in the future. We hope.....

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy

That seems similar to what happened to me a few weeks ago.

I waited about a half hour for this CP Coal train to come by, had the shot all lined up and ready to go, lighting was PERFECT and it was an almost head on kind of angle.

Had my digital camera out, ready to go all lined up.............boom, what happened?

The stupid thing was on video mode and not camera mode so I ended up with this tiny very poor quality of the train headed towards me, then about 3 minutes of the ground and my feet as I was watching the train go by.

That was a real downer, that would have been an awsome Desktop Picture.

Welcome to the Vido club, I do that all the time, jsut so we know. I get home and i have Vidwo on my card instead..

GRRR!!!

it is aggrivating indeed!

[BNSFNUT]

I have missed shots because of cameras for years starting with a instamatic up to the newest digital cameras.
When I see a good shot Murphy's law kicks in and something is wrong. No film, dead battery, wrong setting ,camera not turned on or out of focus.
I tried to count the times I missed shots over the years but it depressed me to much.
But I keep on trying and look at all the goods shot that I have got and it make the missed shot a little easier to live with.

[Modelcar]

...Another problem I find in my situation is I generally try to purchase quality stuff to work with and when I do it then includes a bunch of bells and whistles and if one doesn't use them all the time, bingo....mistakes, because of the bells and whistles or perhaps I didn't use a feature that is on the camera and I forgot about it....

[Anonymous]

The dumbst' thing I did while railfanning one day was.....with my 110 camera, I was in blair,ne shooting pictures of the CNW when a westbound manifest came towerd me and the engieer looked at me kind of weard way....as I took the shot I looked at the front of the camera just to find out that I forgot to remove the tiny cotton ball from the camera lens.......like duuuuu.
BNSF nut.

[BaltACD]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainheartedguy

Whenever there is a great shot of a train I can get, one of the following happens:
Camera Shuts down
Takes 10 seconds after hitting the shutter button to take the shot
Doesn't take the shot at all
Battery dies

This happen to anyone else? is there some "Supernatural" force stopping my shots from being taken? Does someone Hate me?[:0]

Just like any other incompetent tool user.....blame the tools!

Before you take this as a flame....I blame the tools for my failures also.