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*sigh* My kid killed my DSLR, again
by Lilian ·
For the third time. Well, the first time for the DSLR, the third time with my cameras. This time it happened while he was standing just next to me. Pulled out my CF card from the card reader, jammed it into the slot in my DLSR.
As a result, some of the pins in the reader in the camera were bended. My hubby tried to pull them straight but no amount of repairing can help. So, looks like the camera is going back to the workshop. And that will take forever.
Meantime, I am relying on my Konica Z3 which is still a very good camera. But once you have a DSLR, those just don’t measure up.
The timing was ‘perfect’ too. It was just the day before I was due to attend the Together Gather Bloggers Party and I was without a camera.
To look on the bright side, my hands are free! I could just mingle around without rushing around to capture the most important moments. I had a free night without keeping in touch with the latest programme. Just chill and chat.
Some of the bloggers whom I sat down with asked me what I did to the toddler? Oh well, he didn’t do it intentionally and he looked guilty enough when he knew he had done it again - kill my beloved camera. So, nothing and no one gets punished.
Well, that is until the workshop tells me how much changing/repairing the CF card reader will cost. I hope not much cos they are just a few pin. Dang, I hate CF cards. This is the second time the reader is spoilt. It happened to my card reader before but that was just a cheap card reader.
So, moral of the story : Avoid buying cameras using CF cards. The reader sucks. The card sucks. And nice, new laptops never give you CF card reader. I got to buy an external one. Hate CF cards.
Meantime, I don’t foresee any major celebrations/events that call for a DSLR so I am fine with it. Otherwise, I may go out and buy another one.
