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"new" lens

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

An old incident has been resolved at last.

I keep mentioning this, but it's been bothering me. The first time I took toddler Kenny to the park by myself, I took along my old Minolta X-700 and a "Celtic" line lens that was pretty cheap. There came a moment when Kenny was going to fall and I scrambled to stuff my camera into the bag and then catch him, all in one moment. I caught Kenny but the camera didn't sit properly (due to the wrist strap I was then using) and it fell. And landed lens-down on a steel railing and then on the edge of the camera back into the gravel.

I've since spent ~$200 trying to get the camera repaired but since the lens was a cheapo and they wanted $100 just to look at it, I never got it fixed. Today I replaced it.

For all of $46 and $15 shipping and possibly some duty at the border. 8)