Comments | navygreen: Um... that's new?

navygreen

Um... that's new?

Sep 08, 2006 14:20

I was testing out the camera, making sure everything is back to working order (they'd had to replace the flash unit). When I took a picture, the camera barked at me. I thought to myself, "WTH?" but I took another one. Another bark ( Read more... )

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flyingwolf September 8 2006, 19:50:14 UTC

that's odd that they would have changed a setting. Are you sure it's YOUR camera? (maybe they gave you a similar refurbished one) Any familiar scratches? If that's not it, I guess someone was in a weird mood. :)

navygreen September 8 2006, 19:56:24 UTC

Yes, it's mine. I checked the serial number before I did anything. But it's definitely strange. The packing instructions say that they replaced the flash component, and also that they upgraded the firmware. I don't know what that means, but after taking a few test pictures and downloading them, I learned that my image count has dropped from about 9000 down to mid-2000s, and also that my date is off (it says the pictures I took just now were taken on 01/03/2005).

marshmelococoa September 8 2006, 19:57:59 UTC

they may have had to reset some things or the cam resets itself when they did whatever it is they had to do. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Did you find the option to turn the bark off?

navygreen September 11 2006, 14:12:52 UTC

Yes, I did. I saved it until I showed Philip and A.J., and then I turned it right back to the original settings.

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marshmelococoa September 8 2006, 19:56:28 UTC

mine has a bark too. It's in the menu options. Granted mine is an S1, but still. *I* have always had a bark.

navygreen September 11 2006, 14:15:01 UTC

I just never would have applied the bark myself. Who needs a camera that only alerts your victims models?

lupin_spirit September 8 2006, 20:02:06 UTC

I would assume it was either the default or they had to reset it after they did what they did and just didn't get it right... Or perhaps it is new, an update or something.

My husband took our Canon PowerShot S400 with him somewhere or other recently. (It's mine and he rarely uses it.) It was returned to me chirping, but only when I turn it on- it was silent before. It's annoying because it basically alerts the kids that I've turned the camera on and the shots I've been getting aren't nearly as "natural". I keep meaning to go in and switch it back but I've not gotten around to it. :P

navygreen September 11 2006, 14:16:37 UTC

Oh, it's not the default setting. That's what surprised me. The default settings are what it was on previously. I just think the repair tech was having fun, switching everything to the wildlife sounds for me.

And yeah - the chirping and barking had to go. It alerts everyone, and we can't have that!

mama_bec September 8 2006, 22:24:03 UTC

sounds like a voicepost in the making...

navygreen September 11 2006, 14:15:20 UTC

Alas, it wasn't. :-/

katielovesmatt September 8 2006, 22:32:10 UTC

navygreen September 11 2006, 14:17:45 UTC

Did yours bark and chirp when you bought it? Mine was set on the much more normal, default settings. To have it returned like this was just WEIRD.

katielovesmatt September 11 2006, 14:19:39 UTC

navygreen September 11 2006, 14:23:18 UTC

The boys really liked the space sounds... but Mom vetoed them all. :-)