New old camera
by HML
After our digital cameras were stolen in the February burglary, the search was on for new point-and-shoots. We had bad luck with the first replacement we chose for Thing One, but the second replacement seems much more durable and he’s happy with it. This particular model takes batteries, which is important because Thing One won’t have access to electrical outlets for most of his summer.
However, after trying out several different cameras, Your Humble Narrator couldn’t find a camera she liked as much as the one she had owned, and of course her camera was no longer available in stores. She was decidedly grouchy about it until she found one on eBay, new in the box yet! She needed no further encouragement to Buy It Now.
It’s not exactly the identical camera, though: our camera was the silver lens model, and this one is the black lens model. When it was unpacked, the Gimlet said, “Your camera’s wearing guyliner!”
That, combined with the fact that this camera has managed to stay shiny new despite its age, has led Your Humble Narrator to nickname the camera “Richard“.
Nerdy jokes (and guyliner) aside, it’s great to have our camera back.
