i would say that i wasn’t expecting it, but i would be lying
so it’s the craptastic battery charger that is broken after all, which means i need to send away yet again before i am able to be a self-sustaining photographer here in the UK, and the bill for my absentmindedness in the orlando airport climbs.
the battery that has allowed me to take pictures for the last few days ran out of charge, and, with flagrant disregard for my chants of “please work! please work!”, the charger did nothing after several hours other than attempt to claim the battery as a hostage for its crappy manufacturing overlords (it seriously took me 5 minutes to extract the battery from its grip).
hopefully it did not fry the victim completely, but i don’t know yet, and i won’t know anything more until i am able to locate another charger that can be shipped to the UK (they don’t makey my camera over here, so it’s a bit of a hassle).
let’s hope this story ends after that, shall we?
October 12th, 2006 at 9:39 pm
Forget about the charger. I’ll find one and send it instead of Hot Tamales. You just have to send me the info because I don’t remember what camera we bought!
October 13th, 2006 at 10:44 am
instead of Hot Tamales! that’s quite a sacrifice! ;)
the hot tamales came from the candy place today, though, along with good & plentys, spree, andes mints, and canned pumpkin for my fall indoctrination of the locals, so bases covered on that front. though i would never turn away hot tamales or jelly bellys, if the issue is ever pressed…
the camera is the canon sd700 IS. the battery it requires is called NB-5L, and don’t ask me what that means.
if you could find a charger, that would be great, but they are harder to find than you might think. they don’t always stock extra ones in the stores, so you might have to order one online, at which point i might as well do it myself.
but you can give it a go, if you like. maybe circuit city would give us a deal because of the warranty?
thanks!