Watch that mirror

[Robert Hart]

Crying in my cups time. I loaded the SI2K camera in the car a few weeks back with the OLED viewfinder fitted. It was facing inside the car so that no sun was likely to shine on it. I came back with the last load of stuff and found the opposite rearview mirror and the sun had formed a perfect collusion to scorch the OLED screen inside through the optic. Now it's got a big black ring around a big black dot in the image, fortunately not quite in the actiual frame but all over a section of the settings information displayed on the top of the image frame. I am a party tyo my own suffering in that knowing this shortcoming, I bought a bargain Evolution eyepiece which was a Dalso disposal. It is identical in appearance except for an added two-blade iris shutter. I had not got round to fitting it - stupid because it is a simple clip on - clip off arrangement with ball latches. I now have this unremitting urge to slap myself over the ears.

 

[Justin McAleece]

It never feels worse than when you neglect to do a simple thing that you know you need to do and it totally bites you in the ass.

 

[ericyoung]

:sad:

 

[Dominik Muench]

I feel your pain lol about 12 years ago after JUST moving to Australia, I had to take the Digibeta tapes from a studio TV show we recorded to the editor, I stopped for 10 minutes on the way to pick up some lunch....when I came back the insane Australian sun left me a big grey soft lump of molten plastic and tape in the back of my car.....producer was not amused...and I never made the mistake of leaving gear in the car again :/

 

[Robert Hart]

Years ago, in Onslow Western Australia in mid-summer somebody left a can of instant tyre repair on the rear parcel shelf of a green HQ Holden Kingswood sedan. When it blew, the rear window shot out and shattered as expected. The masonite which covered the parcel shelf also blew out in pieces and the metal panel beneath was distinctly bent into the boot space ( trunk in amer-english ). That was no mean feat as the HQ was built with thicker steel than modern cars.

 

[Mark Toia]

You only do it once.