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Bouncing batteries

21:45 Monday 24 Sep 07

I’m on my way into the city on the bus. Talking to J on the phone, holding pen and holding notebook open for information. Bus hits a bump then stops. A loud thudding, then some rolling noises later a woman at the front of the bus pointed and said “Look at that camera”. I was at the back of the bus and the batteries were in between. This camera has failed to learn to fly and/or learnt to land gracefully before and the batteries always fly out. I managed to get it all back together and did the “No it’s not broken” “No it’s not expensive” “Yes I really must buy a strap..” on the way back to my seat. All very embarrassing.
Took a fair number of photos in town but when I got back none are in focus. They aren’t a messy blur and I’ve taken worse but there is a fuzzy edge.

One pile of parma violets sitting on a post-it. So the macro works. But nothing gets sharp without that. Difficult to tell with ‘inside light’ so tomorrow it’s outside and take heaps. The zoom/un-zoom is working but the AF lock isn’t kicking in. Hopefully nothing is wrong - I thought that if it broke it would just break completely - but I shall discover this in the am.

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  1. Terry
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    • Ouch, poor camera… Same happened to mine when the bloke at the Zoo dropped it!

      Was surprised how much it would have cost to fix, the DSLR camera I have to get the sharpening, damaged case etc foxed was only £80.

    21:40 Tuesday 25 Sep 07


  2. Mark
    2
    • 80quid isn’t bad - you have a pricier camera though :)

      Tested it today and the macro still works, got a fairy nice bug photo but I reckon these things must just break. Which it can do when I’ve got the cash for another :)

    00:57 Wednesday 26 Sep 07


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