There has been a death....
in our family... My Canon PowerShot A10 (the first of its generation) has passed on. I bought this camera when it first came out in 2001. I had won an award at work and received a $250 gift certificate. It was the coolest camera...digital and optical zoom, 1.3 mega pixels and it was a brute. That camera took some abuse. It has gone everywhere with us. Vacations, weddings, honeymoons, Italy, Germany, well all over Europe, birthday parties, bachelorette parties, strip clubs (hehe)...ahhh I am really going to miss it...
It is funny really...I have been wanting a new camera for a while. The only thing I wanted was a camera with more mega pixels so I can print bigger pictures. However, I could not justify buying one when my little A10 was still kicking. I would let Noah play with it thinking that if he broke it then I could get a new one. People would say "should Noah be playing with that?"..."Sure, I want a new one..." I think in the back of my mind I never really thought anyone could break it. I was wrong...
My A10's final moments...It's batteries were dying, but I could always suck more juice out of those things. It was a game me and the A10 would play. Anyway, Noah has learned how to turn on the camera. He must have turned it on and the batteries did not have enough power to retract the lense when in turned itself off. Therefore, the lense was out. Noah had grabbed the camera from the office, Ted was in the kitchen and I was in the front room. Noah ran from the office into the kitchen to show daddy what he had...the A10. Ted asked for the camera and Noah threw it toward him. The poor A10 landed right on it lense on the hard floor. The outside of the lense cracked and the whole thing is crooked. It won't retract and won't turn on...
I thought that this is what I wanted and now I am sad...even Ted is kinda sad. We have had that camera our whole relationship. We have had it longer than the cats... It was a member of our family, a travel companion, a great reliable friend. You will be sorely missed my little A10.
posted by The Hansens not in Germany @ 2:52 PM
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