I grabbed a free military hop last week to Hawaii and spent 7 days there doing all kinds of awesome stuff from surfing, to drinking on the beach, to hiking, to cliff diving in a waterfall, etc. Epic win. Well Hawaii happens to be quite sunny, so the T2i LCD screen is a good way to watch what I'm shooting but I obviously can't see much in detail when I play the shots back. Well I got back to my laptop recently and was devastated to see my shooting improvement....and a weeks worth of shots with a black spot in the center of my screen. I had dust on my sensor all week. Fuck my life. These sots are memories, but are useless for making movies like I hoped (unless someone knows a magic way to edit that out, haha).
I learned:
-Check my shit before I leave, this took about 30 seconds to fix with a Q-ball when I found it.
-Take the time to review the shots in good lighting if I can't see them, I could have at least caught this on day one if I check the shots out in the shade.
-You really do only get one chance at this, I probably won't get any footage like this again any time soon.
Share your noob stories from when you were learning to cheer me up, as well as any advice you may have to help me in the future.
