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Still learning the ropes, and just received my latest body upgrade, a cheeky Nikon D810 earlier this evening. Was all excited about the unboxing to the extent I insisted my wife and thirteen year old son witness the glorious occasion. Woe was me to promptly discover the viewfinder appeared to have a big dirty crack running through it and was completely dead. Within seconds I was having a suitably miffed webchat with the good people at the usually reliable MBP, who had sold me the gear with the condition listed as "good" which this most certainly was not. I even sent a phone pic (see left) to the customer service guy, showing the damaged viewfinder, and he promised to get right on the case with the returns team and sort me with a replacement, as there had clearly been some heinous distaster while my camera was en route to me.
2 minutes later I was fiddling with that funny wee switch, like right next to the viewfinder, and to my surpise the "crack" magically slid out of view. Turns out this is a nifty wee feature of the D810 which I didn't know about. Another rather embarrassed webchat ensued, with me admitting my faux pas and asking MBP to cancel the returns process. Then nearly contacted them again five minutes later as though I could see through the viewfinder now, everything was blurry. Raging. About 2 minutes on Youtube showed me how to adjust the diopter focus with the other wee dial, and all is well with the world.
So yeah. got a Nokia D810. Yay!
Give us your best rookie moment of dumbassery, and make me feel less of an idiot.
2 minutes later I was fiddling with that funny wee switch, like right next to the viewfinder, and to my surpise the "crack" magically slid out of view. Turns out this is a nifty wee feature of the D810 which I didn't know about. Another rather embarrassed webchat ensued, with me admitting my faux pas and asking MBP to cancel the returns process. Then nearly contacted them again five minutes later as though I could see through the viewfinder now, everything was blurry. Raging. About 2 minutes on Youtube showed me how to adjust the diopter focus with the other wee dial, and all is well with the world.
So yeah. got a Nokia D810. Yay!
Give us your best rookie moment of dumbassery, and make me feel less of an idiot.
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