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Re: [OM] Sad tumble

Subject: Re: [OM] Sad tumble
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 20:46:09 +0100
Thanks, Jim. That granddaughter (8) is a real poser. 

Chris

C M I Barker | Gamlingay


> On 3 Aug 2020, at 11:16, olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> That's unfortunate, Chris.? I've always figured those mechanisms to be 
> rather delicate.
> 
> I looked a little deeper at your images.? The one of your granddaughter 
> in the Japanese garden is very nicely done.
> 
>> On 8/2/20 12:39 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>> We?ve just visited one son and his family near Blandford Forum, staying at a 
>> cracking campsite nearby.  We had our two granddaughters for a BBQ lunch one 
>> day and I decided to take a group shot using my Lumix TZ200 on a mini tripod.
>> 
>> I had set it up when one granddaughter decided to sit down and knocked the 
>> table, tipping the camera and tripod into the dirt nearby, about 3ft lower.
>> 
>> I picked it up with a little grumpiness but saw that the lens wasn?t dirty 
>> and all would be well . . . then I noticed that the tiny flash, which I had 
>> extended, was bent.  It would not stow.  I kept my good-humoured demeanour, 
>> outwardly at least, so as to avoid spoiling the party, but I felt very sad.
>> 
>> Although the girl had knocked the table, I should have foreseen that a 
>> precipitous fall would be possible . . .
>> 
>> https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2736336226540849484 
>> <https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2736336226540849484>
>> 
>> I?ll get it repaired, I?m sure.
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