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Thinkie
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:45
This month we went on an 18 day trip to Sweden. after our train derailed (no one got hurt, but we were in the middle of nowhere) and wrecked part of the rails there were no trains furthr north for a few days so we improvised and went to Norway for a few days. That turned out fine although we didn't get to make the journey we hoped for when we left home.
A few days before that our train drove in to a herd of reindeer :-/ 4 of them died, very sad.
Some other smaller things went wrong, it was a case of Murphy's law, even though it was a great trip in the end.
But the very worst? When I was going to put my camera away because it had started raining, I had removed my camerastrap from my neck and started moving the camera towards the camerabag and suddenly I lost the strenght in my hands (I have a joint disorder and CFS) and the camera fell on the pavement from a hight of about 1 meter. It doesn't work anymore  exterior damage (stuff broken off), lens looks fine, menu works, I can't see any damage on the inside of the camera if I take the lens off, but taking a photo doesn't work, the camera just shuts down as soon as I try. Going to bring it to the shop this week but I don't have much hope it can be repaired :-/
It's a Konica-Minolta 7D, I've had it for less than 3,5 years Hopefully they can at least declare my lens healthy so I only have to buy a body. The Sony Alpha has a new model coming so maybe when I save up for a while the old models will still be on sale.
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MommyVictory
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2009 09:18
What a trip. It is making me reconsider my trip next year to Norway?
Seriously, I am glad you are okay. Good luck with the camera or hope you get a good deal on a new one.
Best wishes for the future,
Annemarie
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corinne delis
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2009 11:03
ah that really sucks. keeping my fingers crossed that your lens is ok.
corinnexxx
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Jan Barlow
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2009 11:35
Holy smokes. I would be so bummed. Let's hope it won't be too difficult or expensive to fix.
Keep us posted...
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currant7
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# Posted: 1 Jul 2009 00:13
My gosh...what a trip.
Hoping better news for your camera.
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Jeannie the Intern
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# Posted: 1 Jul 2009 00:39
awww daaang. i cant even imagine! i get super upset when my ipod dies, i would probably go into hibernation if this happened to me!!!
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Thinkie
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# Posted: 1 Jul 2009 12:14
both Norway and Sweden are beautiful Annemarie! The derailment was on the Inlandsbanan on an old part of the line, the traindriver said it was the first time in his 36-year carreer that he had experienced a derailment. Also it wasn't really scary, within a few minutes, as soon as we knew everyone was ok (only about 15 passengers and all in the same part of the train) and the bit of smoke of the overheated brake went away, it was all fine and relaxed again, the train was still upright although some of the wheels were next to the track. They had busses up north but my stomach doesn't deal to well with those so not an option for me. I don't think trains there make a habit of derailing and you should definately go to Scandinavia if you have the chance!
I think my trip would be wrecked if it was the only camera we had with us, I was (and am) definately upset about it! Fortunately we had a digital point and shoot, a film point and shoot and an (automatic) film slr with us too! But this was my go to camera :-/ And I'm pretty nervous now about dropping other camera's aswell. Apart from all the bad stuff we had a lot of great positive expierences during the trip so fortunately that helped us get over the bad stuff.
Hopefully I'll find some time to go to the shop tomorrow (as a CFS-patient I'm pretty lucky to be travelling at all and I'm extra tired after such a trip, and the shop is in another part of town) and get the camera checked out.
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Thinkie
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# Posted: 3 Jul 2009 10:45
So, I went to the shop. They said they couldn't do anything about the camera themselves. They could send it in for me to Sony who has taken over the slr-devision of Konica Minolta, there would be a fee to send it in and Sony would charge a fee to check it out, together 70-75 euro's even if they couldn't help me. If there would be less than 120 euro's repairs they would mend it and send me the fixed camera and the bill. If the repairs would cost more they (Sony) would contact me to discuss, even if I would say no because it would get too expensive they would send me the 70-75 euro's bill. The woman in the shop said since there's damage on the outside that doesn't seem to be the cause of it shutting down there's probably damage on the inside too and the repairs would probably be over 120 euro's. Another thing is, that they might have troubles with parts for the camera because it's an older Konica-Minolta model.
So now I have to decide; send it in, pay 70-75 euro's anyway (maybe for nothing) plus at least 120 euro's for repairs if I'm lucky and they can help me, or buy a new camera.
The good news is; they tested my lens (it's a nice and sturdy 17-35mm that I bought in a kit with the 7D) and it works!!!
So in case I would pick the option of buying a new camera, I could go for a Sony Alpha A200 body and put my lense on it, which would cost me Euro 299,-. Which is a lot of money. But not as much as I had feared. And not that much more (maybe not even more) as having the old body repaired...
There's a newer model of the Sony Alpha, or I could go for another brand (which would not be compatible with my lens so must include a good lens), but both of those options are much more expensive, which would mean I would have to save up for a while (and not have a digital SLR at hand) and I'm not sure if buying an expensive camera would be a responsible thing to do considering this might happen again.
I have to discuss it with my husband, it will be a difficult decision, but at least I'm happy my lens is still alive  and a new body would be less expensive than I thought so it's at least an option.
Does anyone here has experience with the Sony Alpha A200 or another Sony SLR?
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Jan Barlow
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# Posted: 3 Jul 2009 11:01
I don't know the Sony line at all, but I say get the new camera. Because even if they "fix" the old one (for all that money), who knows if they got it ALL fixed. I think NOW is the time to get a new camera.
Well, it's easy to say - it ain't MY money, is it? ;)
Good luck!
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Thinkie
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# Posted: 8 Jul 2009 05:28
So.... we contacted the office of our travelinsurance company yesterday, honestly explained the situation (me dropping the camera) and found out we'll get some money either for repairs or a new camera (maybe not the whole amount of money needed, we'll have to see, since the camera was 3,5 years old, but still!). YAY for travelinsurance! I found out repairs will cost about 400 euro's. WOW! So a new camera is probably the way to go. I'm going to send in all the required papers and the e-mail from the repaircompany and when we know how much we will be getting I'll know what my options are. Fortunately I found the receipt of the camera, I paid 595 euro's for the body alone, so I guess we have a good chance of getting a few hundred euro's which will make buying a new camera much easier! This makes the situation a little less horrible!
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Thinkie
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# Posted: 27 Aug 2009 08:25
I got a call from the insurance company this morning. We're getting 300+ euro's back. The exact amount depends on wherter we want to go for a new camera or have the old one repaired. But it's between 300 and 400 euro's. If we choose new, we have to send in the old one as a measure against fraude. Understandable. But we can't change our mind about repair than.
However, the camera's I could choose from with paying a little extra have one huge drawback for me. Both the Sony Alpha's which would take my lens, as the Canon 450D that I saw a promotion for, have only one wheel for aparture and shutterspeed setting. So to set one of them you have to keep another button pressed at the same time. AND at the same time I'll have to hold the camera off course I don't think my joint-disorder-hands will be very happy with that. Is this normal for DSLR's nowadays or is it just the lower end of the market models that are expected to be used on auto more?
Anyway, the amount we're getting back almost covers repair. I'm a little worried that they won't be able to get it working perfectly again but my dealer (of the photographic kind, I'm not on anything except chocolate ) said the repairservice gives a 90 day garantee. I have 1,5 hour to decide, I'm leaning towards repair since I work a lot on manual and my 7D works great for me wth all it's buttons and wheels on the body.
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Thinkie
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# Posted: 8 Jan 2010 08:40
So, a little update: In September I took my DSLR to the local photography shop. They sent it in for repair (this goes trough Sony). In december I started to wonder how the repair was going so I contacted the shop. They were really crossed with Sony that I had to wait this long and not only did they manage to get the camera back within a few weeks (it arrived today! At the shop that is, no I have to wait untill the layer of ice on the sidewalks melts so I can go and get it!), they also managed to arrange for me that I don't have to pay for the repair! Now that's service! Hopefully I'll be clicking away again soon!
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currant7
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# Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:08
wonderful news!!!!
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Thinkie
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# Posted: 19 Jan 2010 07:33 - Edited by: Thinkie
I brought him home last week and he seems to be working. He'll get properly tested during a short vacation very soon!
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