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Title: Defective Man Gene
Post by: RickB on June 26, 2013, 07:14:53 PM: Well like most men I have been burdened from birth by the the gene that as a rule turns us into complete idiots. You know the one. I don't need no stinkin map! Or the ever popular I don't need no stinking manual. Well as I was watching a boring tv show I decided to peruse my new cameras user manual. Hush, don't tell anyone. I have been trying to find the correct settings for food photos the last couple of weeks. Guess what the camera has built in settings for?

(http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r662/RickB23/IMG_0263_zps51e3575d.jpg)

Lets all pretend I did this by myself! Will try it this weekend. Sometimes my stupidity is only exceeded by my laziness! :D
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: hikerman on June 26, 2013, 07:22:17 PM: Rick, I greatly resemble that remark!!!!!! ::)
Looking forward to your next shoot.
Gene
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: Sam3 on June 26, 2013, 07:23:51 PM: RickB is going post better pics??!! ???
Is that even possible??
;)
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: muebe on June 26, 2013, 07:36:18 PM: I thought a manual was used to swat the wife away when your putting something together :P
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: RickB on June 26, 2013, 07:41:11 PM: Quote from: muebe on June 26, 2013, 07:36:18 PM
I thought a manual was used to swat the wife away when your putting something together :P

I see you have the gene also! :D
Title: Defective Man Gene
Post by: Pappymn on June 26, 2013, 07:45:55 PM: My wife reads the manuals as I have the gene too.
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: Pam Gould on June 26, 2013, 07:51:33 PM: I read manuals and hubby thinks he should absorb it by osmosis..LOL .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: RickB on June 26, 2013, 07:58:26 PM: Quote from: Pam Gould on June 26, 2013, 07:51:33 PM
I read manuals and hubby thinks he should absorb it by osmosis..LOL .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ

:D :D :D Now my wife would never shame me by reading the manual and making me look like an idiot. She waits patiently, time is not an issue, and when I finally figure it out and with great enthusiasm tell her it was there all along, that nasty little balloon thing appears above her head with the one and only word. DUH! ;)
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: Jaxon on June 26, 2013, 08:26:23 PM: That must be the same camera Capt Jack uses with picture enhancement and color saturation, etc.

His food couldn't REALLY look that good, could it? And what about Meube...you KNOW he has to be touchin' up a lot of his pics.

One of these days I'm gonna forget about which smoker to use and focus on gettin' the right camera (no pun intended). THEN I'll have some great lookin' food to post.

just sayin'...
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: MrCheck on June 26, 2013, 08:40:20 PM: I think that gene skipped a generation with me. My father thinks the manuals are in case it doesn't sit level on the ground. You stuff the manual under whatever part is short.

Me - I actually read the manuals. Freaks my wife out too. I'll come home with a new toy of some sort, open the box, fish out the manual, then put the box aside while I read the manual. I think I caught her looking up psychiatrists for me a couple of times.
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: pmillen on June 26, 2013, 08:48:05 PM: Making the food look delicious???
(http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq206/pmillen/MagicCamera.jpg)

If it can do that to my food it's magic.

If it's magic I want it to make my food taste delicious!
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: MrCheck on June 26, 2013, 09:57:01 PM: You got me thinking. I wondered if there were any apps available for my Android phone that could make my food pictures look a bit better. I found one called CameraAce. I told it to process some of my pictures that I'd already taken with the BeautyHDR filter. Here was the difference:

Before:

(http://plainenglishcooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Ribs720.jpg)

After:

(http://plainenglishcooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/RibsCA.jpg)

Before:

(http://plainenglishcooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Pulled-Pork-Closeup720.jpg)

After:

(http://plainenglishcooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/PulledPorkCA.jpg)

I think, for the most part, I like the after pictures better. I may have to start using this app. Thanks for the idea!
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: CDN Smoker on June 26, 2013, 09:57:47 PM: I think it's more fun to attempt before reading the manual ???
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: sparky on June 26, 2013, 10:03:19 PM: heh, I just had my son check my camera. I have a food mode also. I didn't read my manual. :'(
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: TentHunteR on June 26, 2013, 10:04:12 PM: Quote from: muebe on June 26, 2013, 07:36:18 PM
I thought a manual was used to swat the wife away when your putting something together :P

:D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: Smokin Don on June 27, 2013, 12:51:51 AM: I usually put the thing together or just dive in to using it, I don't need no manual! That is until something goes wrong and I start cursing, then I go to the manual! ;D Don
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: flbentrider on June 27, 2013, 06:23:15 AM: I had a vanity plate on my car when I lived in SC:

RTFM
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: hikerman on June 27, 2013, 07:53:45 AM: Does anybody know where we can send these things to be read by someone? Every new toy comes with a manual.....they are beginning to take over. HELP! ???
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: Scallywag on June 27, 2013, 08:45:26 AM: I just bought a Nikon D3200 camera.. I guess I should see if it has that setting.
Title: Re: Defective Man Gene
Post by: sliding_billy on June 27, 2013, 10:58:56 AM: I am a RTFM guy personally. It gives me a way to obsess on new toys while I am not using them.