Less than a year ago, I bought my first ever digital camera. I finally decided to join the rest of the world and get one. She was beautiful. Light pink and could zoom like a champion. How I loved her. We had a great summer. She took some great wedding photos.
The rest of the summer and fall went by uneventfully with my camera doing a great job taking great pictures for me. And then came the Oklahoma party. She gave it the old college try, but not too many electronics can overcome a fall from 6 feet onto ceramic tiles.
Before the fall:
After the fall:
Do you see the lovely fog that has settled over Jeff and Maren? Yeah, that’s courtesy of the ailing camera. From November on she has slowly but surely lost function. She stopped being able to zoom, sometimes she won’t turn on or off and lately she has gone blurry.
So, I finally decided to get a new digital camera since Lisa is coming back in June, mom and dad are visiting in July and we are in for a big and busy summer of good picture taking opportunities. As i want none of these events to be blurry or cloudy, I got a new one yesterday. He’s a real beauty. He’s smooth and fancy and works so well. I even did the smart adult thing and got the 2 year service plan which does cover me dropping it from heights and most other accidents that can befall him while he is in my possession. Thank you Best Buy. Let this camera buying frequency be a lesson to you all. If you drink during events you would like photos of, invest in a service plan. I am almost positive it will buy me my next new camera after some sort of accidental catastrophe with this one.
P.S. Special shout-out to the awesome best buy worker who answered my questions, got me my new lovely camera, a new memory card and a 2 years service plan and checked me out herself and had me back on the street in under 15 minutes. Quite a feat at the 62nd and Broadway Best Buy on a Saturday afternoon. Thanks!
