I was going out with some friends the other night. Naturally, I took my cell phone, keys, camera, some cash, my ID and a credit card (just in case). We were walking the Alameda de Hercules, a very popular neighborhood for bars, clubs, restaurants, and hanging out. We went to the first bar, had a drink or two, then moved on to another bar so that we could all sit down.
We all got a drink, moved a few tables together, pulled up the chairs, and sat down. I decided to take a few pictures, so I reached into my pockets to find my camera. I pulled it out. Turned it on. And that's when it happened.
My LCD screen on my camera had cracked.
Yes, that is a tear you see slowly falling down my cheek. (Just kidding.)
But it is very sad all the same. So I'm not sure quite what to do. I'm going to Lagos in Portugal this coming weekend, and I'm not going to miss the opportunity to take a few hundred pictures!
It's true that my camera is still fully capable of taking pictures. In fact, I went to visit some ruins near Sevilla today, and took a couple dozen pictures. The thing I realized very quickly, however, upon review of the photos on my computer, is that I can't change any settings on my camera as I take pictures. All the pictures I took today were all taken under the setting used for lightbulbs while inside. So the white balance is messed up. Not only that, but I can't change the flash, aperture, shutter speed, white balance, or any of the other awesome features my camera has. I'm not quite sure what to do right now to be perfectly honest. Everything is much more expensive here in Europe. So if I were to get a camera here, the same camera would probably cost around $50-$60 more here as it would back home. Ugh, decisions decisions decisions.
That's the life update over here for now.
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