Damn and Blast.
Posted 03-01-08 at 21:30 by Magpi 47
I am not one who easily resorts to profanities, but I am so annoyed with myself and my carelessness.
I am away off for the weekend to Harrogate in the morning. Ma has got itchy feet again and all that I could do was a weekend....so she booked this for us.
I was in the process of packing alittle bag and was bringing my camera from the back bedroom where it lives when not in use.....away from curious little fingers......and somehow the camera made an escape bid from its case......fell with a thud onto the carpet.
'Bu88er' I said to myself.....'bet its broken now'.......I powered it up and yes, it was.....well and truly cream crackered.
It isn't a particularly new camera....in fact it is probably about 4 years old....but it was a compact and user friendly Nikon, and I liked it.
I have been promising myself a new digital camera, but an SLR this time. I delude myself by thinking that I am good at photography, and thought that one of these would give me more scope.
I did drop some heavy hints on the run up to Christmas, but they obviously fell on deaf ears....there was no digital camera in my stocking on Christmas morning.....maybe I wasn't a good enough girl.
What has been holding me back I hear you ask......well the price, and the fear that the technicalities may defeat me and I would have wasted my money.
I have sort of set my heart on a nikon D40x or D80......so now I am going to have to consider what to do.
I do have another little point and shoot digital camera, and it is perfectly functional......but the Nikon that got broken was just a little better.
Should I splurge on the new camera?
I do enjoy taking pictures...and my pictures do mean a lot to Ma. They fill her empty hours when she puts them up on her TV screen and remembers our trips.
I will have time to think about it over the weekend......but at the moment I am fizzing.
I am away off for the weekend to Harrogate in the morning. Ma has got itchy feet again and all that I could do was a weekend....so she booked this for us.
I was in the process of packing alittle bag and was bringing my camera from the back bedroom where it lives when not in use.....away from curious little fingers......and somehow the camera made an escape bid from its case......fell with a thud onto the carpet.
'Bu88er' I said to myself.....'bet its broken now'.......I powered it up and yes, it was.....well and truly cream crackered.
It isn't a particularly new camera....in fact it is probably about 4 years old....but it was a compact and user friendly Nikon, and I liked it.
I have been promising myself a new digital camera, but an SLR this time. I delude myself by thinking that I am good at photography, and thought that one of these would give me more scope.
I did drop some heavy hints on the run up to Christmas, but they obviously fell on deaf ears....there was no digital camera in my stocking on Christmas morning.....maybe I wasn't a good enough girl.
What has been holding me back I hear you ask......well the price, and the fear that the technicalities may defeat me and I would have wasted my money.
I have sort of set my heart on a nikon D40x or D80......so now I am going to have to consider what to do.
I do have another little point and shoot digital camera, and it is perfectly functional......but the Nikon that got broken was just a little better.
Should I splurge on the new camera?
I do enjoy taking pictures...and my pictures do mean a lot to Ma. They fill her empty hours when she puts them up on her TV screen and remembers our trips.
I will have time to think about it over the weekend......but at the moment I am fizzing.
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Go on , go on- treat yourself! get a camera Magpie ! ( I sound like the house keeper on Father Ted)Posted 03-01-08 at 22:12 by Kiki
