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Old 05-08-2005, 01:13 PM
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Default Re: Stress

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Originally Posted by archie123
I was once half way through a wedding using a borrowed JVC500 and the viewfinder packed up as they made their vows, I could not reach the spare camera which was packed neatly in a nearby camera bag. I could feel the sweat running from my forehead and back as the stress levels went through the roof, my life flashing before me as I begged god to turn back time. All I could do was pull back and take the wide shot and hope, anyway it was just the viewfinder and I got away with it.
So your conclusion would be like: "never borrow camcorders to shoot events as you will eventually screw up both the device and the event" ? I've learned that lesson, too. Years ago, at a wedding, I was using a 10-year old Panasonic MS 1, looking in the b/w viewfinder and hoping to have done the white balance right, when someone stepped on the coupling of my power adaptor in the church, in a very important moment. The work of the devil, obviously. You can imagine the rest.
Like Murphy said, if something can ever go wrong, then it will.
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