My camera for the last two years has been a Fuji FinePix A610. While I would have loved a far better camera, it was what I had, and I made do with what I had. (I is a po’ boy.) And I’ve certainly taken a pretty crazy amount of photos with it. Close to 20,000. It has served as a way to chronicle my various adventures, and catalogue all of my various creations. It has done a great job of taking macro shots, and done all right with just general photography. Long distance and low light photography were a bust though.
One big drawback for the past year has been the fact that the LCD screen on the back has been damaged. And this is what I’ve had to look at.
I must have bumped it against something hard when I had it in my pocket. A small bit of damage appeared, but I could still access most of the controls. After my water logged adventure on the North Mountain, water must have gotten in and damaged it even more. The pattern I saw, looked like a culture spreading across a petri dish. And it changed over time as well.
Not being able to see the picture I had taken wasn’t so big a deal, since I uploaded pictures on to a computer shortly after taking them. In order to take a photo all I had to do was point it in the right direction and click. Usually a few to make sure I got it all. Sort it all out later. But not being able to access the controls anymore was an issue. I remembered the button sequences to get to certain things but other features had become inaccessible.
Well I just got a new camera. (More to come on that.) And I can now happily roam all through the controls, see what I’m shooting, see what I shot. Yippee!
But as annoying as that oddly shaped and coloured glob was, I kind of liked it. I have a thing for accidental art, and this was an interesting image that was created without any intent. I’m sure I’ll use it in some bit of graphic art I do at some stage.
But it has got me wondering. There are protective covers for lenses. Why doesn’t something similar exist to protect the LCD screen? If I bumped it and damaged it, I’m sure others have as well.
But it has got me wondering. There are protective covers for lenses. Why doesn’t something similar exist to protect the LCD screen? If I bumped it and damaged it, I’m sure others have as well.
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