Today is a very sad day for me. My faithful Canon Powershot which has been my handbag or pocket companion camera for a fair few years now is on its way out. I love this little camera….it takes AA batteries so I never have to worry about running out of power and consequently never need to recharge. The SD card conveniently slots into my laptop without needing a card reader. And I could take it anywhere, particularly if my luggage space was limited and still get a nice shot. Sure it doesn’t have the capability of the DSLR but for a small point and shoot camera, it’s manual functions really weren’t that bad.
It still takes photos on landscape mode but the flash refuses to fire on any setting. It also refuses to focus in any way shape or form unless on landscape. I could take it to Canon to have it assessed but being well out of warranty period, I’m assuming that the price of repair will be much more than the price of replacement. I can’t complain though – it has been thoroughly tested over the years and truth be told, it’s probably had its shutter pressed more times than its shutter life span should allow.
Fortunately we have another pocket sized camera, a small Canon IXUS, which is still going strong. But it’s a lot heavier, doesn’t take batteries and I’ll need to get a much bigger CF card – 256 MB just doesn’t cut it for me. 