the circle of life, for cameras

the other day i was heart broken when i found out that my pentax was screwing up really bad. one shot and for some reason my film was moving four frames before i could shoot again. before i knew it, six pictures took up an entire roll. i was hopeful that i could take it to my local camera shop and have the guy fix it.

the bill? at least $150 dollars for fixing a winder that was screwing up. what really irritated me was that the camera itself was only $70, including a camera bag, two lenses, a magnifier, two filters, and all the cleaning supplies a person could wish for with these things.

so while i was feeling like i got the shaft from "the man" for making dslr's all the freaking rage and therefore pushing out the trusty 35mm cameras from the market, my one consolation was the fact that my nikon was a-ok and my life using 35mm was still intact.

until i try to get a flash for it and the photo guy takes off the lens cap and says, i only see black? WTF!!! so i go home and change the battery, because mr. mirror happens to be battery operated, and it still doesn't work!!!

so now i'm really freaking, because not only is my pentax dead, but my nikon is on the fringes, and i have an advanced photography class starting in a few weeks. so i take my second trek to the photo shop to figure out what the hell is wrong with this camera. so when i get over there, it turns out that the spring is screwed up, and to fix it would cost, yet again, $150.

so i was told that it wouldn't be worth it to fix it an to just buy a new one. but what about the camera? is there anyone i can give it to? even for free, to just take so i don't throw it in my trash and and up compacting it next to trevor's diaper? nope. the camera is absolutely worthless, no one would buy it. finally we, and by we i mean the camera guy, figured out what happened and the mirror came back down and it was okay to take pictures once again. of course in this process i ended up exposing half of adams film with other frames, so now he has no film and i was still down one camera.

it was only half way home that i realized i didn't do the one thing i had gone to the shop to do, twice. i forgot to get a freaking flash for the nikon. so i went back and yay!! everything went smoothly and i was able to get a flash, $10 off, and with no tax!

so while the pentax is dead, the nikon lives on! no the hunt is on for another pentax me super or pentax that can use the same lenses, because i have all these other lenses and stuff that's still good, and i refuse to throw away.

as for the dead pentax, his body is being donated to science and i plan on taking it apart to dink around with it and have some much needed mechanical fun.