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Postby thehikingdude on Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:43 am

100 replies and counting: Here's the latest on-line chat from today.

Me Send me your D70 and I will figure out what the deal is with it.

Him nah....send it to you to (1) sell on ebay or (2) throw in the ocean....either one works for me....I don't/won't use it so it can rot where its at otherwise

Me What if I could get it to work?

Him nope...digital suxx....I have given up completely....1/100th the latitude of film....VERY poor resolution (I don't care how may giga-pels they 'claim')...ridiculous hard to use controls (regardless of mode) and don't even get me started on 'auto-out-of-focus'......a snapshot technology at best....comparable to a $5 disposable at Walmart.

Him sell it yes...use it...won't happen.

Me ok, I won't ask anymore.

Him I don't see what you could do with it. Do you use some special-secret software? cuz I KNOW these cameras are junk

Me How is it that mine works?

Him you take outdoor natural lighting at f/8....any pin-hole camera does the same.

Him What software do you use?

Me Nikon Capture Editor

Me I have plenty of indoor pics as well on my site.

Him never used it....in fact the computer that I had installed the stuff on a year ago now has a complete processor failure...can't even boot the box.

Him I use photoshop...have too...the color balance is so bad out of the camera it never even comes close

Him out of the camera...all purples are a dark muddy blue..

Him reds are orange and faded

Him contrast is low....

Me I personally think you either have a bad D70 or it needs a tune-up. Believe me, I don't shoot anything in auto and I've tweaked most of the settings.

Me I should say tweaked SOME settings.

Him it took me 10 minutes with the manual last time I used it to find the 'self-timer'....then I just used the remote...and it took one of the 3 pictures I sent you on 'bad nikon christmas'...NO camera fights me this badly.

Him shoot it only in auto (its impossible with their menu crap to do otherwise)....and never tweaked it.

Him of course, I've never tweaked film in 30 years either...but the results are better.

Him the 10 second backlite (that's unreadable without a magnifying glass)....oh it probably works...can't read it

Him I can't read anything close up....got new glasses recently though. backlite...I haven't used the camera in so long I barely remember....is this another known problem?

Me I'm surprised you don't take it to a junkyard and have them crush it up into a little cube, just for some satisfaction.

Him I have a sledge hammer in the garage (ask my 'new' but completely destroyed Panasonic fax machine)

Me LOL!!!!!!

Him what really pixxes me off is I still owe bestbuy $750 for this fuxxer!

Me Return it to them in an envelope.

Me Pour it out onto the counter.

Him there you go. its just one of those things....I'm so burned on electronic stuff....NO good luck in years now. the nikon rots in the back closet....I HOPE the @#$king batteries are dead!

None of this is made up! Enjoy
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Postby PiroStitch on Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:30 am

Someone send this man to a cave...or a Canon :P
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Postby psionic on Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:42 am

confucius say: "A fool and his money are soon departed".

Still its sad to think of a D70 and peripherals being assulted by a sledge hammer... or worse still being unloved.

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Postby Greg B on Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:11 am

psionic wrote:confucius say: "A fool and his money are soon departed"


Not sure if you are humorously misquoting, but the actual expression is

"A fool and his money are soon parted",

thought to have originated in the 1500's, possibly from Thomas Tusser (who came up with "At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. ")
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Postby Alpha_7 on Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:16 am

Me Return it to them in an envelope.

Me Pour it out onto the counter.


GOLD! It might be rude to laugh, but I'm laughing anyways... this guy is deluded or nuts or something :)
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Postby Nnnnsic on Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:22 am

I think the following statement is indicative of your friend either being a grade A idiot, not having actually used the camera, or beind blind... or all three!

Him reds are orange and faded


Since when does the D70, which has a sensitivity to red, produce red in anything but red?

It loves red.

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Postby Greg B on Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:25 am

Another proverb is "A Bad Workman Blames His Tools", (variously said
to be French, Syrian or Australian in origin, I suspect everybody thought of it)

I like the fact that he has had the same degree of difficulty with a panasonic fax machine and a digital camera, but has failed to recognise the common denominator - him.
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Postby psionic on Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:40 am

Greg B wrote:
psionic wrote:confucius say: "A fool and his money are soon departed"


Not sure if you are humorously misquoting, but the actual expression is

"A fool and his money are soon parted",

thought to have originated in the 1500's, possibly from Thomas Tusser (who came up with "At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. ")


Yes correct on both counts. Although I didn't realise that Thomas Tusser may have been the origin. YMMV.

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Postby rookie2 on Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:21 pm

I thought all the Oscars had all been awarded

"and in the newest Academy category

'Digiphotography from the dark ages'

the nominees are.....oops we only have one

congratulations Hikingdudes (ex) mate - SFB

R2 PS 8 months down the track with my D70 & I continue to struggle with its complexities but ...I love the challenge it presents.

time...advice..practice..stuff ups..practice...advice..stuff ups...one day I'll have some pics worth posting!!
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Postby thehikingdude on Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:46 pm

You guys have said all that I would like to say to him directly. He just doesn't get it.

And of course it's only because I take simplistic photos that mine turn out at all. Heaven forbid I take a picture other than outdoors @ F8. :wink:
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Postby thehikingdude on Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:49 pm

Alpha_7 wrote:
Me Return it to them in an envelope.

Me Pour it out onto the counter.


GOLD! It might be rude to laugh, but I'm laughing anyways... this guy is deluded or nuts or something :)


It's not rude to laugh. I do almost every day.

I should have mentioned his new full time hobby. Are you sitting down? His new hobby is sewing. This is only after dumping $4000 American into a fancy Brother sewing machine.
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Postby gstark on Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:51 pm

Have you pointed out that he's missing out on the coffee making facitlites inherent in the D70?
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Postby Alpha_7 on Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:03 pm

Sewing!! this guy is awesome!!

Doesn't he know those fancy machines are no good! He can do it all with a needle and thread, hmmm and maybe some safety gear like a thimble ?
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Postby Greg B on Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:29 pm

Sewing Machine, meet Sledge Hammer.

Have a nice day.
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Postby thehikingdude on Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:01 pm

Greg B wrote:Sewing Machine, meet Sledge Hammer.


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby PiroStitch on Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:13 pm

can u break into his house and save his gear :P
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Postby thehikingdude on Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:17 pm

I would consider it, but he lives 2000 miles away. I could send you his address if you are interested. ;-)

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Postby rookie2 on Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:48 pm

I would consider it, but he lives 2000 miles away. I could send you his address if you are interested.


just use googleearth.com and look for the backyard full of broken radios, TVs, remote controls, VCRs.....you know all the unbelievably difficult to operate or understand stuff....
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Postby thehikingdude on Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:02 pm

rookie2 wrote:
I would consider it, but he lives 2000 miles away. I could send you his address if you are interested.


just use googleearth.com and look for the backyard full of broken radios, TVs, remote controls, VCRs.....you know all the unbelievably difficult to operate or understand stuff....


You guys are cracking me up!!!!!
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Postby dooda on Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:11 am

Oh man, I hope this saga never ends.

I had thought from rummaging over this previously that money wasn't necessarily a big deal for this guy, but he still owes $750 on the thing? Wow, he's a glutton for punishment.

Remind me not to become emotionally involved with electronics. They'll screw over your credit rating, and when you punish it by locking it in the drawer, never to be used by anyone, it doesn't scream for help, and Nikon still has your money.

Tell him that if he sends it to you, you'll tar and feather it, beat it senseless with a stick, and then ridicule it with all your friends.
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Postby thehikingdude on Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:04 am

Amazingly the saga continues. I've just sold my D70 body and have ordered a D200 to replace it. I contacted my 'friend' and told him I had a buyer for his 18-70 lens. After much chatting on-line he said he would think about it. Long story short, he basically decided that he'd rather donate all of it or smash it all up. He reminded me that he has smashed things in the past, I think he'd forgotten that he'd already told me.

So things are still in the same situation. He refuses to even look to see what gear he has. He refuses to send me the gear so I can sell it for him. Who knows, maybe if he lives for another 50 years the stuff will come back up in value as antiques.

And of course he's already told me that the D200 is crap as well.

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Postby Nnnnsic on Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:46 am

Your friend is still an idiot. 8)
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Postby gstark on Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:27 am

Jeff,

Donating it would be good. Perhaps to a local high school or art school?

Maybe even the kindergarten?

Anywhere where there's somebody able to use this stuff, rather than have it sitting in his closet gathering dust.
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Postby Greg B on Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:53 am

That guy really has some issues. The sort of issues that should involve pharmaceuticals.
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Postby losfp on Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:19 am

This story never gets old :)
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Postby Reschsmooth on Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:13 am

My only question (apart from the rhetorical "why, why, why?") is why did he buy the D70 instead of sticking with his FM?

I propose a new competition: How do you think this guy will make into the Darwin Awards via electronic means?

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Postby Yi-P on Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:25 am

That guy deserves a big slap from everyone here... :o :twisted:
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Postby Matt. K on Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:29 am

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:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Postby PiroStitch on Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:07 am

at least when it hits antique condition, it'll still be in mint condition with about 30 shutter actuations :D
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Postby Nnnnsic on Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:43 pm

PiroStitch wrote:at least when it hits antique condition, it'll still be in mint condition with about 30 shutter actuations :D


And on shutter count 31, BGLOD.
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Postby thehikingdude on Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:19 am

Final update: I found out last week that he donated the whole thing to his local church and took it as a $500US tax deduction. I would have gladly given him $500+ for it, but he chose to donate it instead.
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Postby PiroStitch on Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:24 am

Go to the church and borrow the camera and take some photos of it to show him that it wasn't a pile of junk
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Postby losfp on Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:32 am

Hehe... every now and then this thread comes back to life to entertain me :)
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Postby thehikingdude on Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:23 am

PiroStitch wrote:Go to the church and borrow the camera and take some photos of it to show him that it wasn't a pile of junk


I would have offered any sort of help, but he lives about 2000 miles away. I once told him to box it all up and send it to me and I'd check it out. Nope, he wanted nothing to do with a solution - only wanted failure.
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Postby team piggy on Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:19 pm

Greg B wrote:That guy really has some issues. The sort of issues that should involve pharmaceuticals.


I reckon your right on the money with this one. Certainly some displays of certain forms of depression in the ranting/actions.
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Postby Ant on Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:24 pm

wow, talk about being sucked into a thread.. I read the latest posts and felt compelled to read the whole thing.

This guy appears to have some serious problems that should involve counselling, drugs or both!

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Postby A9X on Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:12 pm

Ant wrote:wow, talk about being sucked into a thread.. I read the latest posts and felt compelled to read the whole thing.

Ant.

and then i read your post and had to do the same
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Postby gstark on Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:23 pm

thehikingdude wrote:
PiroStitch wrote:Go to the church and borrow the camera and take some photos of it to show him that it wasn't a pile of junk


I would have offered any sort of help, but he lives about 2000 miles away. I once told him to box it all up and send it to me and I'd check it out. Nope, he wanted nothing to do with a solution - only wanted failure.


Thanksgiving's only a month away. I wonder who the turkey is? :)
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Postby Matt. K on Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:28 pm

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Tell your friend to sell his D70 and buy a parachute. Let me know if he reads the instructions. :D
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Postby thehikingdude on Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:43 am

His new complaint as of yesterday is that the stock market is a big scam. Of course he thought it was great when he was making money. I swear, he has to be bi-polar or something.
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Postby PiroStitch on Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:46 am

I think he needs to seek medical help. Was he a war vet?
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Postby Big Red on Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:32 pm

:D Just reread the whole thing again ... still crackes me up :lol:

have to admit i have been very close to gently massaging my computer with a sledgehammer a few times :oops:
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Postby dviv on Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:58 pm

Big Red wrote:have to admit i have been very close to gently massaging my computer with a sledgehammer a few times :oops:


It's called "Percussive Maintenance"
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Postby thehikingdude on Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:56 pm

PiroStitch wrote:I think he needs to seek medical help. Was he a war vet?


Nope. Unless you count his divorce.
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Postby team piggy on Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:09 pm

thehikingdude wrote:
PiroStitch wrote:I think he needs to seek medical help. Was he a war vet?


Nope. Unless you count his divorce.


Wonder what the description on his apparently also non-focusing wife was worded like ! Now that would make a funny arse thread!
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Postby Mr Darcy on Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:06 am

Nope. Unless you count his divorce.

Smart woman.

On second thoughts... She did marry him in the first place. :?
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Postby BT*ist on Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:11 am

I can't believe this thread got a new update :D
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Postby matt-chops on Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:12 pm

Wow... this has to be one of the most frustrating, yet funniest posts I have ever read on any forum ever. I just read it in its entirety and I'm not quite sure if I need to pee a little, or dig my eyes out with a spoon.

Someone needs to call this guy up and say "Give yourself an uppercut!"

How on earth could you be so closed minded that you don't want to even learn the basics. Ahhhhh! How frustrating. Idiot.
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Postby gstark on Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:39 pm

matt-chops wrote:Wow... this has to be one of the most frustrating, yet funniest posts I have ever read on any forum ever.


I think you need to check out the EnergyPolice thread then. Even funnier, I think.
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Postby losfp on Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:07 am

gstark wrote:
matt-chops wrote:Wow... this has to be one of the most frustrating, yet funniest posts I have ever read on any forum ever.


I think you need to check out the EnergyPolice thread then. Even funnier, I think.


Damn your insolence, Gary. Now I had to go and read THAT entire thread again too.

That one's even longer - wow, just realised I'd posted in it too.. haha... http://dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?t=15199 for those who are interested in such things....
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