I dropped it
Posted in Blog Posts, Photo Posts on November 11th, 2009 by CFlux – Be the first to comment
Camera Fail
About 2 weeks ago we had an awsome Halloween party here at the new mud hut and all was going well. I made asian style tiny chickens, yes I actually tracked down somewhere that sold tiny chickens, to go along with a whole host of other little goodies. My wife even made up an amazing chocolate mess for desert. Lots of food and drink were had by all lots of catching up with friends and family, and even a spontaneous Mario kart game broke out. All in all I considered it a complete success. All was going very well until about 3/4 of the way though I went to pickup my trusty Sony a200 and the camera strap caught on the counter. Now according to the physics analysis of the slow motion playback (in my head) my hand did not have sufficient coefficient of friction for me to notice and stop pulling up when the strap started pulling down. So the camera successfully wrestled from my grip, now proceeded to make a break for the exit, unfortunately gravity was its only motivation. It didn’t make it very far landing hard on the kitchen floor, where I pounced and trapped it preventing further attempts at escape. Now at first blush it still seemed to be working and I snapped a few more pictures with it at the party. It wasn’t until the next day that I realized it was making some strange noises now. Yep I borked my camera, so far I know the in body image stabilization is gone, but I’m not sure what else has stopped working. It also now makes a very strange noise every time you turn it on. I have investigated repairing it but it seems to be at a minimum 50% the cost of buying a new one, and I’ve come to the realization that I didn’t love this camera enough to make paying that much worth it. So I am exploring other options to take this as an opportunity to upgrade, maybe to something with a titanium body this time.
So for the time being and probably the next few months my primary camera is now my IPhone, so I may now have a new excuse to neglect this blog. But I think I am going to try writing about some proposals I have for new technologies that I thought of while ignoring the new rock DJ drone on incessantly about nothing on the radio during my drive home. So we’ll see whats next.
