Mr Rusty's tip for better photos...

[Laurent]

Did it a few times... find the location, unfold the tripod, unfold the Tachihara, put the lens on, put the cable release, put the camera on tripod... hummm, the only tiny part missing is the tripod attachment plate for the camera !

Now I have a plate for (almost*) every camera I own.

* GAS usually does not apply to such things as such humble accessories, so I'm usually one or two behind...

[mr rusty]

Thanks guys. Fun reading everybody else's senior moments!

[flatulent1]

I've always used auto-wind cameras. So I was jazzed when I got my first Canon F-1 six years back and went out shooting. Finished the roll, started cranking, felt it getting stiffer and stiffer, heard the film rip same time as the crank suddenly loosened... Oh, yeah, so that's what the button on the bottom of the camera is for... Damn. Naturally my friends all stood there laughing at me.

What's really embarrassing is I did the same thing a month later. Duh...