My beach camera is for taking voyeur pictures of girls of questionable age.

the only fail i detect here is the inability for the girl in question to not take care of her digital camera while she was at the beach.

sand got blown in? hmm... sounds suspect. more like "wow these bartles and james sure are delicious! oh no, i dropped my camera!"

Pretty soon there will be a clause in the small print stating that you void your warranty by taking your new gizmo out of the original packaging.

Gah!!! People who use camera mode presets should be banned from owning a camera.

There are only two modes you need to use: Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority.

SeamusFerrell: I never would have thought that sand getting into a camera would be harmful. Also, Boobies. Yeah, I'm a dick.

what's up with that timestamp?

The OP Misread, that's actually 'beyatch' mode.

Perfect for taking pictures of herself.

Elzar : There are only two modes you need to use: Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority.

She would need to get a real camera first.



That's the camera model she had.

/20d, 100mm f/2.8 macro, 580 EX

Sherjo311: SeamusFerrell: I never would have thought that sand getting into a camera would be harmful. Also, Boobies. Yeah, I'm a dick.

what's up with that timestamp?

If you boobies up the Boobies, your post gets teleported to the future.

Sherjo311: the only fail i detect here is the inability for the girl in question to not take care of her digital camera while she was at the beach.

Bingo!

Getting sand in it is pretty bad. They probably also don't expect you to dunk it in the water.

Too many of these point-shoot cameras have crappy lens mechanisms that jam if you bump them / get sand in them / get lint in them. If you must get a POS, get something without the telescoping lens.

MMm.....yeah...sand in a camera is a big no-no. 'beach' mode or not, you have to make sure that thing doesn't get sand or water in it...that should be common sense.

Besides, those "modes" are just preset aperature/shutter settings for certain environments, it has nothing to do with the structure of the camera.

duckpoopy: Too many of these point-shoot cameras have crappy lens mechanisms that jam if you bump them / get sand in them / get lint in them. If you must get a POS, get something without the telescoping lens.

They are all designed to last only 2-3 years. ~$120 every few years for a new cheap camera doesn't really bother me. Or you can blow $1,000.00 on a serious camera.

TimeWaste: My beach camera is for taking voyeur pictures of girls of questionable age.

I like the cut of your jib.

Sherjo311: the only fail i detect here is the inability for the girl in question to not take care of her digital camera while she was at the beach.

sand got blown in? hmm... sounds suspect. more like "wow these bartles and james sure are delicious! oh no, i dropped my camera!"

I agree with you on this point - still the response from Kodak is pretty ridiculous.

I wonder if she dropped her camera in the sand and thought "whew its on beach mode!"

Elzar: Gah!!! People who use camera mode presets should be banned from owning a camera.

There are only two modes you need to use: Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority.

Yeah, because snapping drunken pics of you and your bar-skank friends on the beach for your Facebook page TOTALLY warrants photographic puritanism...

I brought my Land Rover into the dealer because of a faulty suspension issue and because the car was covered with mud they said it was my fault for driving through puddles.

Same thing with my Jeep when the tire sensors broke. They said the sensors were fragile and to stop driving it over cracks and potholes in the pavement.

My camera has a "porn" mode but I still keep it inside two zip-lock bags just in case.

lordargent: Elzar : There are only two modes you need to use: Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority.

She would need to get a real camera first.



That's the camera model she had.

/20d, 100mm f/2.8 macro, 580 EX

Mmm, nice lens. I have the 20D with a Tamrom 17-50/2.8 on it, and that is also an awesome lens. Sadly I was only about to afford the 420EX when I bought my flash, but it does well enough. Of course when I am out and about at the parks (where I take a lot of pix) I often get odd looks when using a flash in day time. But hey, let them have nasty shadows. :)

without getting into the "beach mode" debate...

if SAND gets in your camera, it is your fault. it is not Kodak's fault if you are careless with your camera. this article is absurd, i hope the woman buys another camera with her life's savings and ruins it too.

My beach camera is for taking voyeur pictures of girls of questionable age.

Do you have a newsletter?

I'll have a seat over there.

Elzar: Gah!!! People who use camera mode presets should be banned from owning a camera.

There are only two modes you need to use: Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority.

Just goes to show you that there's not one single topic in the annals of human knowledge that someone somewhere won't be an elitist snob about.

This is why you get the Best Buy/Walmart/Generic retailer product replacement plan. It protects you from this kind of BS.

/Canon 20D, 70-200mm f/2.8

TimeWaste 2009-11-21 01:22:18 PM My beach camera is for taking voyeur pictures of girls of questionable age.
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If they go to the beach wearing skimpy bikini's... that's their problem, not mine.

In fact, I find it a wonderful 'problem'.

/On another note: People bring CELL PHONES to the beach. People are stupid.
//I've seen people wade into the tide pool with a cellphone. I mean, HELLO!

Sherjo311: SeamusFerrell: I never would have thought that sand getting into a camera would be harmful. Also, Boobies. Yeah, I'm a dick.

what's up with that timestamp?

It means he's a dumbass AND a noob.

I walked along the beach and into the ocean with a DSLR and expensive lens and nothing happened. My camera doesn't have a beach mode. I guess that's why it still works.

Sure would have sucked if I tripped and fell.

Dumbass bimbette takes her camera to the beach and gets sand in it.

That's what the FAIL is for, right?

SeamusFerrell: duckpoopy: Too many of these point-shoot cameras have crappy lens mechanisms that jam if you bump them / get sand in them / get lint in them. If you must get a POS, get something without the telescoping lens.

They are all designed to last only 2-3 years. ~$120 every few years for a new cheap camera doesn't really bother me. Or you can blow $1,000.00 on a serious camera.

Or, you know, spend beans on a Rolleiflex overseas 50 years ago and have it still work great today.

SeamusFerrell: I never would have thought that sand getting into a camera would be harmful. Also, Boobies. Yeah, I'm a dick.

More like a retard, but we can agree to disagree.

Stop being camera snobs. I have a little Nikon point and shoot similar to the camera in the article. I also have a big bulky DSLR. Guess what one I ultimately take more pictures with. The little P&S is small enough that it's always with me and I only take the DSLR out when I specifically intend to take pictures. Sometimes you don't want a big camera hanging around your neck just to remember some beach fun.

duckpoopy: Too many of these point-shoot cameras have crappy lens mechanisms that jam if you bump them / get sand in them / get lint in them. If you must get a POS, get something without the telescoping lens don't get sand in them.

How hard is it to not get sand in your electronics? My laptop also wouldn't play well with sand, does that make it a POS?

Almost as stupid as the Nissan giving the GTR launch control, and then invalidating the warranty if you use it.

"Just because we put this button in the car doesn't mean you should use it."

Nissan strike again with their notoriously shiat transmissions.

I feel her pain. I turned on my camera's sports mode and then got rocked by a linebacker, killing the lens.

Yeah, my Canon G-10 had an underwater mode too. Well, that didn't work out so well.

SeamusFerrell: duckpoopy: Too many of these point-shoot cameras have crappy lens mechanisms that jam if you bump them / get sand in them / get lint in them. If you must get a POS, get something without the telescoping lens.

They are all designed to last only 2-3 years. ~$120 every few years for a new cheap camera doesn't really bother me.


Which means you buy shiatty quality cameras. A fool and his money...

I take my camera to the beach. I get decent photos and it still works when I get home.





/click for EXIF

jclaggett : Mmm, nice lens. I have the 20D with a Tamrom 17-50/2.8 on it, and that is also an awesome lens.

I also have a sigma 18-50/2.8, and the plastic fantastic 50/1.8, and another sigma, 55-200/4.5-5.6, and the kit lens (which I got for less than free).

/looking to upgrade from the sigma lenses

Also, did she buy her camera from beach camera?

Alacritous: Elzar: Gah!!! People who use camera mode presets should be banned from owning a camera.

There are only two modes you need to use: Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority.

Just goes to show you that there's not one single topic in the annals of human knowledge that someone somewhere won't be an elitist snob about.

He's not even doing it right. He forgot the most elitist of camera modes: manual.

John Henry Eden: SeamusFerrell: duckpoopy: Too many of these point-shoot cameras have crappy lens mechanisms that jam if you bump them / get sand in them / get lint in them. If you must get a POS, get something without the telescoping lens.

They are all designed to last only 2-3 years. ~$120 every few years for a new cheap camera doesn't really bother me.


Which means you buy shiatty quality cameras. A fool and his money...

Or I use my camera almost every day. It doesn't just sit in a drawer to be pulled out for birthdays and holidays. It is always in my pocket. The camera on my phone just does not cut it. This is also why I don't use Linux all of the time. I cannot find a decent photo organizing program or editor for Linux. For organizing I use ThumbsPlus! which is Windows only. That is also used for simple edits like cropping. For editing I use PS (yeah, I know an older version works under WINE).

ecmoRandomNumbers: Sherjo311: SeamusFerrell: I never would have thought that sand getting into a camera would be harmful. Also, Boobies. Yeah, I'm a dick.

what's up with that timestamp?

It means he's a dumbass AND a noob.

Nope. I thought it was clear that I was a dick.

impaler: He's not even doing it right. He forgot the most elitist of camera modes: manual.

He's really right though. In my case, with a D60 which only has one dial, S and A are all you really need. Exposure compensation can do the rest.

Needed one of these. (new window)
/Olympus waterproof camera in case the link doesn't work outside Canada

Not only did she screw up her camera, she followed up by reporting her dumb ass problem to The Consumerist, which got her green lit on FARK where she is now being publicly ridiculed.

Good work, dumb ass.

benlonghair: impaler: He's not even doing it right. He forgot the most elitist of camera modes: manual.

He's really right though. In my case, with a D60 which only has one dial, S and A are all you really need. Exposure compensation can do the rest.

Actually manual mode is very useful for situations where lightening doesn't change. Set the exposure and forget about it. Every picture from there on will be pretty good.

So S (Tv for Canon), A and M are all you really need.

lightening = lighting.

benlonghair: impaler: He's not even doing it right. He forgot the most elitist of camera modes: manual.

He's really right though. In my case, with a D60 which only has one dial, S and A are all you really need. Exposure compensation can do the rest.

My first real camera was a Canon AE-1. At first I was all snobbish setting the exposure myself, then I found out that letting it do it for me gave really good results. I don't use film anymore though, but I still have the camera. I also have a camera from the 1800's and some plates for it, but I don't use that one either.

impaler : He's not even doing it right. He forgot the most elitist of camera modes: manual.

Manual is for wusses, real men shoot in bulb.

lordargent: impaler : He's not even doing it right. He forgot the most elitist of camera modes: manual.

Manual is for wusses, real men shoot in bulb.

Touche

monkeyman3875: Sherjo311: SeamusFerrell: I never would have thought that sand getting into a camera would be harmful. Also, Boobies. Yeah, I'm a dick.

what's up with that timestamp?

If you boobies up the Boobies, your post gets teleported to the future.

so what word gets the boobies filter? i have always wondered about that, and penis too... i'm not new here but i'm not that well-versed in farkdom, i guess.