shoshana

<p>Oh, thank you. I've never seen that before! </p>

<p>additional note: I took pictures to 'catch the numbers up' and was surprised to see the numbers that were already in use on the card were duplicated! So I have a number of duplicate file names on the card. The new pics are just throwaways. Haven't tried looking at them on the computer.</p>

<p>On a different note, I saw that the screen on top got stuck lit up and it was draining the battery - it went from 95% to 89% in just a few minutes. Doing more research... </p>

<p>Thanks y'all! Very good information :)</p>

<p>I bought the camera new in 2006. I use it regularly but not a massive amount - I've taken less that 55,000 pictures. </p>

<p>I don't know of anyone else who has the same battery. </p>

<p>Cable? You mean a USB cable from the camera to the computer? I've not tried that. </p>

<p>I think I will have to take it in. Along with the flash and 2 lenses. I'm waiting till after Christmas when there are less packages being sent</p>

<p>Thank you for replying<br>

<br><br>Yes, it is the original battery. I looked on Amazon and it's about $40 for Nikon version. I'm just not sure I want to buy a second battery if the first battery is still good and it's really something else.</p>

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The software insists the battery is fine. It's acting like something is draining the battery while it's just sitting there but I can't imagine what that would be.</p>

<p>I'm still using my D80 and up until a couple of weeks ago I was happy with it. Then I tried using my 28-105 lens and no matter how much I cleaned the contacts I got F--. It worked with the 16-85 (VR) so I used that. Next I tried the 70-300 (non VR) and F--. The 80-200 2.8 (non VR) works fine as does the 18-35.<br>

I was annoyed and thought it was a lens problem. I planned on taking them in to be checked along with my D600 flash that's started being erratic.<br>

Now I have a new problem. I use the camera no problem. Put it down and the battery is dead when i try to use it again. Normally I can go 2-3 weeks or more between charging. I don't get any low battery warning, it's just dead. I have charged it 3 times in the last week. The charging takes a couple of hours. The battery reads NEW in the software on the camera (it's the original battery)<br>

And here's the weird part. After I charge the battery and put it back in the camera, the File Name (number) is out of sequence. Say the last picture I took before the battery died was DSC_4156. The next picture I take should be DSC_4157 right? No, it's DSC_4115! (A number before the beginning of the numbers already on the card) This is crazy. The card was not re-formatted while the battery was charging. I did copy the pictures to my computer and I am thinking I need to burn thru 4116 through whatever the first picture on the card is on pics I don't want in order to get it back to the right place. I don't see a way to input the number I want to start with.<br>

I tried cleaning the battery contacts but maybe I need to try harder. I have had dead battery in the past of course but I always got a battery warning and never had the file names go wonky....<br>

I did some research on the web and saw some references to similar problems with the D80 but those people were using different lenses and they were saying it was the body/lens combo. Plus the newest reference was years old. I can't afford a new camera but my insurance will cover repair. <br>

Could the battery just be getting old even though the meter in the menu section seems to think it's fine? I'm using a q tip and alcohol to clean the battery terminals and a cloth to clean the lens/body contacts. Anything else i can try? Thank you!</p>

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<p>Total amateur here - but just looking at the F5 picture you like vs the picture you posted I was reminded of something I have a problem with too in portraits. Looking at all the portraits I've liked best that I have taken, it's usually the ones that are closeups rather than full length and part of that is because with closeups, it's more the expression in the eyes rather than trying to pose people.<br>

<br /> Even with dog pictures I usually like it's the expression that makes the picture (unless it is an action shot)<br /><br /><br />I hope that made sense and helps!</p>

<p>I have no idea what they did on that website tho.</p>

<p>They want me to send in both sets of batteries, the flash and the radio. They also want the package they came in but I don't have it any more - I think I bought them at Sam's or CostCo. Still trying to find anything else I might have used the batteries in.</p>

<p>They were labled 2014.</p>

<p>Thanks! That's what I did originally - I cleaned it best I could and tried a couple sets of good batteries. Nothing happened. I tried a few weeks later and nothing. Today I try again and it works...</p>

<p>A while back I had a set of Duracells leak in my SB 600. It quit working. The Duracells were new and had only been in the flash a few weeks.</p>

<p>I cleaned it as best I could and it still didn't work. I kept the batteries meaning to call Duracell and have them fix it.</p>

<p>Time passed and I didn't do anything.</p>

<p>Then a set of Duracells leaked in my Weather Radio and caused it t not work on battery power so I finally called into Duracell and they sent a postpaid label to send both in.</p>

<p>K here's the weird thing - I went to pack them up and decided to try the flash again. I put fresh batteries in. It works!</p>

<p>I don't really know why.</p>

<p>The thing is I don't know what to do.</p>

<p>I am going to use it a bunch this week to see if it keeps working but I just don't trust it anymore.I'm kinda hoping it will flake out. Of course then I have the new problem of figuring out what to replace it with!</p>

<p>What would you do? How would you test it? I never did use it much so it is practically new (as far as use goes) and it's been so long I need to read the manual again lol.</p>

<p>(If it makes any difference I have a D80 and lenses I got to go with my n90s so they are all D lenses)</p>

<p>ty!</p>

<p>'shana</p>

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<p>Are you hand holding the camera? Or are you using some kind of support?</p>

<p>Reason I ask - I have D80 + 70-300 (nonVR) and 80-200 2.8 (nonVR) and I take a lot of pictures of my dog running. I use the 'spray' method and while it does help (me) it made me realize that some of my problem is just the fact that I'm wobbling the lens just enough to keep moving the focus point around.</p>

<p>Of course my set up is kinda slow, I have a lot of pics where her tail is the only thing in focus when she is running towards me!</p>

<p>What seems to help me is to not zoom in so much.</p>

<p>I have the 80-200 2.8D (nonVR) and the 70-300 D (nonVR)</p>

<p>I like them both for different reasons. The 70-300 I take when I travel because that 80-200 does get heavy fast. Plus, as big as it is it grabs a lot of attention when I use it! The 70-200 may be even bigger.</p>

<p>One thing to think about is how far away are you when you take pictures? With my 80-200 I have to be at least 6 feet away (almost 2 meters). The 70-300 about 5 feet.</p>

<p>My usual travel lens is my 18-35 but I'm usually taking landscape pictures not portraits.</p>

 

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<p>I think your photographs are great. I think they just wanted something for nothing.</p>

<p>As has been mentioned, raise your prices. When we first started out doing various events, we undercharged and once we raised prices to reflect the amount of work we were doing, we got a different attitude from our clients.</p>

<p>And I also think people recommending you change your contract are correct.</p>

<p>I'd say as a general rule, you need to talk to your preacher/pastor/priest.</p>

<p>I'm not familiar with any mainstream sect of Christianity that forbids *taking* photographs. There very well might be some more obscure ones that forbid taking pictures of people (that whole graven image/ idol prohibition thing) but most of the time I just hear about people being prohibited from *getting* their picture taken and that's some of the very very observant Jewish community.</p>

<p>And I know that at Pow Wows there are people who don't want their picture taken. In general, except for religious reasons, people in costumes don't mind getting their pics taken if you ask first and give them a token tip if that costume is how they bring in income.</p>

<p>As far as taking pictures on Sunday I don't know. Observant Jewish people won't take pictures on the Sabbath because it's 'work' whether you get paid or not. If you get paid for it it's for sure work.</p>

<p>It depends on what you consider working on the Sabbath really - do you cook? Do laundry? Go shopping? Drive? Ride a bike? Surf the internet? Use the phone? Turn on lights or the tv? What do you do on Sunday... or what would you normally *not* do?</p>

<p>Back when I traveled with 35mm film cameras and flash, I used to bring a lot of AA batteries - I needed 12 just to replace everything once. I once had a pack of 24 and the TSA guy in Austin wanted me to check my batteries.</p>

<p>I didn't have a checked bag (and if I did, it would have already been checked!) and after a few minutes discussion I was allowed to keep my AAs.</p>

<p>My husband recently had most of the contents of his quart liquid bag confiscated in LA for no reason. He lost stuff like hand sanitizer, lotion and mouthwash. It was all legal to bring on, but he didn't want to argue.</p>

<p>Most of the time we don't remember to pull our quart baggie out of the front of our backpacks and haven't had any problems.</p>

<p>Coming back from overseas, we go thru two and three security checks before boarding in foreign airports -US rules they say. In one airport we went thru 3 checks including having our carryon packs looked thru and no one ever said anything about the liter bottle of water I had. I was carrying it in a store bag and figured I'd toss it if anyone said anything but no one ever mentioned it.</p>

<p>We recently did our own Frankfurt/Luxembourg/Paris/Amsterdam/Zurich/Bern/Frankfurt trip. Not a tour, but we were moving fast.</p>

<p>My number one lens was my 18-35 followed by my 28-105. Only a few pictures with my 70-300. I used a point n shoot for times I either had my wide lens on and wanted a fast shot, or when I was in a crowd and didn't feel comfortable hauling out the dSLR.</p>

<p>I could have left the 70-300 at home and not really missed it. I actually did leave it home when we went to Rome. I did have the point n shoot tho for the few telephoto shots.</p>

<p>That said, I'd bring the 17-55 of the lenses you have if I was bringing just one lens. If you're going back another time, you're on a tour and you're with other people, you'll just be getting an overview of everywhere you're going. I know you want to bring the 14-24 but I don't think it will be as versatile. If possible, I'd bring the 105 and if you have a point n shoot all the better.</p>

<p>Have fun!!!</p>

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<p>The 28-105 is a great lens for the N80 and n90s etc. It's my favorite film lens. Now that I use a D80 I still use it alot along with my 18-35. I like that it has a sorta macro setting. Handy!</p>

<p>We were in San Jose a few weeks ago. It's rainy season... at least in San Jose.</p>

<p>Since my husband doesn't slow down much and we tend to be in big cities I've pared my essentials down to my D80, 18-35 and 28-105. I usually just use the 18-35 tho. The 28-105 is insurance in case anything happens to the 18-35.</p>

<p>I stopped bringing the 70-300, 80-200 2.8, SB600 and tripod...</p>

<p>I really am thinking about the 16-85 but have trouble justifying it even to myself right now.</p>

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<p>I take my laptop. And an external HD. I back up to both the laptop and HD. And lock the card and use a different one. A lot of hotels now have safes in the room - depends on what hotels you're using.<br>

If I could, I'd get a netbook to take along with the HD instead of the laptop. Why? The netbook is easier to carry around and would fit in more of the hotel safes....</p>

<p>Backpack and over the shoulder camera bag.<br>

Both are carryon.<br>

Camera bag has D80, 18-35, point n shoot, paperback book, PDAphone, iPod and earbuds. Backpack has 28-105 (sometimes the 70-300), laptop, laptop charger, usb cables to charge phone, iPod from laptop, battery chargers for dSLR and point n shoot, backup hard drive, electricity converters, another paperback, travel guide(s), weeks worth of underwear and socks, Tevas (which have saved me on 3 vacations when I had a shoe problem), small bottles of shampoo/creme rinse, bag of various toiletries, makeup (powder/mascara mostly), comb, brush, 3 Polo type shirts, a tshirt, a longsleeved shirt, a windbreaker/raincoat, yoga pants and a handfull of ziplock bags.</p>

<p>So far this setup has worked for New Zealand, Buenos Aires, Rome and a mad 4 day European trip...</p>

<p>I soon discovered that I don't need my external flash so I rarely bring it. I use the 18-35 by far the most and I am thinking about getting a 16-84 to bring instead of the 18-35 and the 28-105.</p>