When I bought my semi pro camera at christmas, I couldn't have been more excited. We took pictures, pictures and more pictures. We went on a sail trip and gave the camera a work out between rolling with the waves, the salt air and being taken in and out of the galley a million times. No problems until we got home and the auto flash quit working. It worked, it just stayed popped up indefinitely - which proved to be very inconvenient. I took it back to the store I purchased it from, since it was all of about 4 weeks old and "demanded" a new one after I was told they would send it in to get fixed - about six week turn around. They gave me a new one and off I went, learning about all the errors a digital SLR can give you every time you try to make the shot.
I learned about blogs with great ideas and books to read as I figured I was doing something terribly wrong every time I touched the camera. Alas - it froze- for good, and back to the shop I went with second camera in hand.
"I've never seen this before" says sales manager who was so kind to have replaced the first camera with the second dud. On to number three. Out of the box, err/chg message. I almost cried. More research via my friend the web and I eventually found out ways to avoid. As others were experiencing similar issues, I calmed down a bit and moved forward to reading some books and having a little faith. Yesterday, I made it through two chapters and learned a millisecond worth of knowledge which at least help me sort out what a few of the dials are for. These pictures are by no means amazing - I was just so excited to get to focus on the correct spot, do a little fading and get the zoom to be amazing. All the features I was wanting. So I'm out the door for the summer with a little more knowledge a returned passion for figuring out how to take some really amazing pictures this summer. Wish me luck!
