If you’ve followed any of my misadventures, or if you’re a member of the Passionate Critters were I torture the group with my less than stellar technical skills (Yes, that translates into screwing up the forum 
) you know that Debora and techo-gadgets don’t necessarily belong in the same sentence – let alone the same room!
A few years back hubby got me a digital camera. Pretty much point, shoot. Charge the batteries. No more film to buy – I was good to go. Now my basic idiot-proof model didn’t have a zoom – which frustrated me. I’ve been complaining for a while now.
Last weekend – bless his heart – hubby bought me a new camera. It’s a new slim, metallic pink model – 8 mega pixel with a really terrific zoom – It’s adorable!
BUT – the contraption has more buttons than my microwave and drop down menus like my computer. It’s got a tiny joystick on the back to flip through the myriad of choices I’ve got to make. Oy!
Over the weekend I attended a lovely baby shower for my niece. I decided to take the camera and give it a whirl. Aside from accidentally tossing it across the room at another unsuspecting niece (at least we know the camera can take a hit ) – all kinds of things kept showing up in the picture window.
The camera has informed me my hands are too shaky. The camera readjusted the lighting and added a flash. It re-zoomed my picture. Some silly looking grid appeared a few times. My answer to anything I didn’t like? Shut it off.
I drove my SIL crazy – because everytime I turned it off – after grumbling of course (okay cursing) it made a noise. Everytime I turned it back on to try again – it made a noise. When it wasn’t happy with the setting I picked and tried to take the picture – it made a noise.
Thank god hubby was able to sit me down and explain all the wonky features of the camera – so next time the people around me won’t say:
“Debora, step away from the camera.”
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