I have an issue. It’s an ERR 99 and it plagues the living heckout of my camera. I have a 3.5yr old Canon 300D. Just to be original. Currently it is about as unreliable as an unreliable thing that is really really unreliable. I’m one of those people often ridiculed for it, but it doesn’t change me, that only shoots on auto. Currently it only takes a picture about once every 4 or 5 times I press the shutter release. Every other time ends up in an ERR 99 that ultimately means I have to curse, turn the camera off, turn it back on again, curse again, smile sweetly and ask the subjects to re-pose that amazing candid shot I was trying to take in the first place. I don’t like smiling sweetly whilst contemplating the demise of my camera and eyeing up the nearest highest place to throw it from merely for the satisfaction of seeing it smash on the concrete. It just doesn’t seem right to smile at those moments.
However such a nasty demise may stop me from getting the picture I wanted the 1 out of 4 or 5 times it was actually taking the photo. As you can see, the relationship between my camera and I is rocky right now. (yes, I’ve bought a new CF card, fully charged the battery, I’ve cleaned the contacts in the camera as well as in the lens, I’ve placed the camera at the top of the highest possible mountain and prayed for it’s healing – nothing is helping.)
And today I get this EOS 20th anniversary special brochure in the mail from HArvey Normans. The 400D for around 2/3 what it normally costs. I’m so torn on what to do. I can’t really afford the new one, yet I can’t afford to continually live whislt muttering curse words under my breath because my camera, which I use every day, has failed me.
It’s driving me crazy. But thank you for letting me vent on here. Anyone with similar experiences with the dreaded ERR99 or with the repair bill from the dreaded ERR 99, please feel free to speak up – knowing what it possibly might cost to fix might push me one more step closer to Harvey Normans.
Good news though. Kiwi’s ROCK the scrapscene overseas right now. That’s kind of a pun, I’m referring to the Scrap Scene contest, in which they had a few hundred entries. Check out the winners here, I did have to contain a yelp of excitment when I saw Ilka’s name as a runner-up. Then as I scroll down I see Louise William’s name as well! Take a good look at her blog, she has amazing technqiue that I just love and I’d love to try playing with some of the looks she acheives. Watch this space I guess. I disovered her blog a few weeks back and have been checking back hoping she posts more layouts.
Then if that wasn’t enough – as I’m scrolling down I see that Beverley Warwick made honourable mention. It just kept getting better seeing Danielle Q and Rebecca Cameron’s name as well. Awesome work, ladies! Totally proud to be part of the NZ/Aus scrapping scene right now!
Scenic Route just released a new mini line – Liberty. Very 4th of July but the papers are way cool, I can see some wicked boy pages with these, check out the whole line on Layle’s blog. She usually has giveaways too – has she a giveaway? Yea she has – leave a comment on layle’s blog to sign up for the freebie draw.
Tarisota gallery is up and it is HUGE and full of alsorts of stuff, the design team was clearly on some extra strength energy kind of something this month! but not me because I’ve been nearly 2 weeks without diet coke and I’m just running on my own kinda happiness right now. Except when I get the dreaded ERR 99 that is.
Here is a layout from me though – look at that, I found the blue in the collection, how ’bout that. :o)
Laters.
oh wait – one more thing – I’d blog more often but I’ve been too busy reading other people’s blogs. (and Scrapping) but have you checked out Cathy Z’s blog lately? She cracks me up. Which is nice when one is living with such a high ratio of ERR 99 in one’s day.
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