My name is Carla, and I am a nimrod.
March 27th, 2006So, I've complained, endlessly, about the wonky camera from hell. A four year old Kodak Easy Share DX3900 . Good little camera originally. We paid at the time, what seemed like a small fortune for it, with the Easy Share Dock.
So last summer, it seemed like the camera was starting to act up. Wouldn't hold a charge for very long, and because of that, it just took awful pictures (was slow switching modes, ultimately eating battery life, etc) So I bought new batteries for it, the kind the buyers guide at the store told me to buy...they were not cheap. But the camera just seemed to get worse. Ultimately, not holding a charge at all, and leaving me only able to take pictures whilst the camera sat in the dock and tethered to an electrical outlet.
The lack of a decent camera, is very frustraing for a blogger. As I've said a million times, blogging without pictures, is uber boring. And our DX3900 3.1MP camera aint even a nice camera, but when its working, at least it takes pictures!
Ok...so back to the fact that I am a nimrod.
So for the past two days, I've been shopping around online. Trying to find a decent yet affordable camera. And man, for as much as I long for that Canon EOS Digital SLR, I can only afford, well...not much. And why spend that money on a crap camera...wait it out, and buy the better camera when we can.
In coming to that conclusion, I head over to the kodak site and go through their trouble shooting guide to see if I can figure out exactly what is up with our camera, and make a feeble attempt to fix it. Nope that doesn't work either.
So I dig in the desk drawer and get out the old battery pack that came with it, pop that in, and go through the troubleshooting guide again.
Well..whatta ya know....IT FREAKING WORKED!
Now, do you want to know WHY I'm a nimrod? Those expensive batteries that the guide in the store told me to buy last summer? They were not effin' rechargeable batteries!
I know your laughing. Go ahead. I don't care.
My excuse? I must have been blonde in a previous life.
Now back to your regular blog surfing activities. I still need to buy a new battery pack for our camera, but at least this time I'll buy the right kind.
Around a year ago on this day..
- Movie Meme - 2008
March 27th, 2006 at 4:42 pm
Try NewEgg.com, they generally have the best prices for batteries etc.
March 27th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
And oh yeah! I want that Cannon too!! Instead I have a much cheaper Cannon, but it’s pretty nice.
March 27th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
YOU DORK!!!!!!!!
LOL!
Now post some pics of the new house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 27th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Argh!! Well, at least you figured it out.
Nope, I’d say after so many appliances, a new camera is probably not high on the list. However, I do have the EOS Digital Rebel and really, really love it … I’m now saving up to buy a macro lens.
March 27th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
ROFL. That’s just so………..Cass!
March 28th, 2006 at 10:54 am
Hey, I’m a blonde and I resent that remark or is it that I resemble that remark;)
March 29th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
That story rocked! And you right blogging isn’t as much fun without pictures. I gotta keep on that. I try to remember to do it at least once a month, but I tend to save them all up. It’s just such a pain in the ass to download them onto our server, connect to the server to access them, reformat and then put them up. Oh what a whiner, I know.
I am now looking forward to photos of the new place. Thanks for the sweet bread recipe. I am going shopping tonight so I can try it out tomorrow.