Upsetting bird day (1 Viewer)

LIme85AW11

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• Aug 14, 2004

• #1

I got some really lovely shots of a goldfinch male and juvenile together. I crawled in close (my quadriceps hate me) and they didn't care......I took about 18 shots. ANd then, what would you know...I finished hiking......and my camera completely would not rewind.

All film exposed. Done. No more SLR camera for me. I'm done. No more photos until I somehow afford a nice digiscoping setup.

ALso saw Eastern Towhees again, a Brown Thrasher, some downies, a nuthatch, a chickadee, and some titmice. And a very large owl, unsure of what type, but light in color.

 

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Dave B Smith

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• Aug 14, 2004

• #2

Erica,
I'm not sure I understood when you said "all film exposed". If it was exposed just as pictures that you took, and then would not rewind, just bring it to your camera shop. They can unload it in the dark and develop it with no problem.

If however you meant that you "opened" the camera after taking the pictures, only to find that the film had not been rewound, and the entire role has now been exposed to daylight, well then yes, it was a bad day.

Great birds by the way. At least you can keep the memories .

 

LIme85AW11

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• Aug 15, 2004

• #3

Dave B Smith said:

Erica,
I'm not sure I understood when you said "all film exposed". If it was exposed just as pictures that you took, and then would not rewind, just bring it to your camera shop. They can unload it in the dark and develop it with no problem.

If however you meant that you "opened" the camera after taking the pictures, only to find that the film had not been rewound, and the entire role has now been exposed to daylight, well then yes, it was a bad day.

Great birds by the way. At least you can keep the memories .

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It made the rewinding sounds.....but then when I opened the door, voila...it was in fact not rewound! AWESOME! Sigh. Yeah. No more photos for me. I can't be bothered with fixing the EOS at this point. I'll just save for a digiscoping setup in the future I guess. Which comes after about $10000 for my project car over the next few years.

 

erizzo

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• Aug 15, 2004

• #4

I'm sorry about the photos, but you got some nice birds in there.
I hope you can aford that digiscoping setup some time soon, so you don't have to wait too long to get some shots in

 

LIme85AW11

Well-known member

• Aug 15, 2004

• #5

thanks!! THis morning I saw a fluffed up male black capped chickadee...he was mocking my lack of a camera, I think!

 

D

Dave B Smith

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• Aug 15, 2004

• #6

Erica,
Maybe this is a blessing in disguise. You know how whenever you don't have a camera with you, something spectacular shows up....

 

LIme85AW11

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• Aug 15, 2004

• #7

Dave, you are SO right...I saw a Northern Goshawk the other morning on my way to work and bemoaned the lack of camera! And a few weeks earlier it was another gray hawk...larger....