Remove battery, you should remove memory card first?
hghlndr6 wrote:
Karen Comella wrote: Is there any chance he was talking about turning the camera off to swap out the battery? I've heard that before. I have even heard to turn off the camera if you want to swap memory card out too.
Turn the camera off, pull the battery = same thing = no juice. Idiotic!
But... but... the POTENTIAL is there! What if he gets struck by lightening and if he removed the battery the lightening would have struck the battery instead of the camera, therefore saving the camera?!
There always seems to be bizarre ways that people think their memory card is getting wrecked... maybe that's just what the manufacturer was telling them so they didn't have to replace it
Stealthy Ninja wrote: Tell him: You're POTENTIALLY harming the air by breathing it.
Probably a mouth breather that needs a drool cup as well.
Well hell then you need to take the lens off too, because hurr durrrz it might short out the contacts. I would have asked them which medications they were on.
Leilanee wrote:
garyrhook wrote: OK, enough snark. I pop my battery out without even turning off the camera.
I do this too... thank god I'm not the only one, I always feel a little dirty when I do.
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