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Re: [OM] Sad tumble

Subject: Re: [OM] Sad tumble
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 18:36:33 +0100
Yes, Chris.  I am to blame, really.

Chris

> On 4 Aug 20, at 11:16, olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Reminds me of some advice I was read on the side of a bottle: "Keep away from 
> children"
> 
>> 
>> 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><https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2736336226540849484
>>  <https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2736336226540849484>>

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