I had made it a point to work on my ACP project today and shoot the area of Hollywood. I made plans to park my car at my friend's house and just have the day to myself to work on this much needed to finish project. I had my 35mm Canon EOS Rebel all locked and loaded with a roll of Kodak Portra 160VC, checked the battery meter as I always do, and feeling I had everything checked out, I went off on my way. I had even brought two extra rolls of film just in case I had a good day and went through a roll faster than I had expected.
I arrived at my friend's place around 2pm, parked my car, grabbed my gear and my iPod to keep me company. I started to walk north towards the Hollywood Bowl and along the way, I picked out things I wanted to shoot on the way back on. The plan was to start at the bowl, work my way back down, and then work the east/west direction when I came back to Hollywood Blvd. It took me a good 30mins or so to arrive at the Hollywood Bowl but once I got there, I started to prep my camera for the first shot which was the Hollywood Bowl fountains with the sign sitting as the backdrop. Checked my f stop and set it to 11 with a shutter speed of 500. Set the camera's eye piece to my eye and started to focus. Once I felt comfortable, I press the shutter button and what happens? Battery dies!
What the hell happened?! It read a full bar and suddenly shuts off? Something is wrong with my battery reading meter apparently. To put it nicely, I was deeply disappointed. All that time setting up, all that walking and all for nothing. Day wasted and the work on my ACP project is delayed until next week which sucks because I have other plans to work on other projects (hint: kodachrome) before the year ends. Bah! Sometimes I miss having a full manual & mechanical camera like my old Canon AE-1 which is sadly damaged. I might have to pick up another one on ebay or something completely similar but wildly different (hint: Vivitar 3800, only 35mm SLR with double exposure setting!) soon.
Meh.
I arrived at my friend's place around 2pm, parked my car, grabbed my gear and my iPod to keep me company. I started to walk north towards the Hollywood Bowl and along the way, I picked out things I wanted to shoot on the way back on. The plan was to start at the bowl, work my way back down, and then work the east/west direction when I came back to Hollywood Blvd. It took me a good 30mins or so to arrive at the Hollywood Bowl but once I got there, I started to prep my camera for the first shot which was the Hollywood Bowl fountains with the sign sitting as the backdrop. Checked my f stop and set it to 11 with a shutter speed of 500. Set the camera's eye piece to my eye and started to focus. Once I felt comfortable, I press the shutter button and what happens? Battery dies!
What the hell happened?! It read a full bar and suddenly shuts off? Something is wrong with my battery reading meter apparently. To put it nicely, I was deeply disappointed. All that time setting up, all that walking and all for nothing. Day wasted and the work on my ACP project is delayed until next week which sucks because I have other plans to work on other projects (hint: kodachrome) before the year ends. Bah! Sometimes I miss having a full manual & mechanical camera like my old Canon AE-1 which is sadly damaged. I might have to pick up another one on ebay or something completely similar but wildly different (hint: Vivitar 3800, only 35mm SLR with double exposure setting!) soon.
Meh.