AND THEN.
Hmmmm… that can’t be right. What’s going ON???
Apparently, digital rebels have a common problem with the secondary mirror (used in AF) staying down. What you’re seeing in these pictures is the mirror not flipping down — hence only half of the frame is exposed. Paul manually moved the mirror (which is why you’re seeing more in some of the pictures than others). A small spring fell out — we assume it’s the spring that controls the mirror. It’s a mechanical break from normal wear (other users have seen this failure around 10,000-15,000 shots… I’d estimate I’ve taken even more than that.) There are self-fix guides, but the optics could use a cleaning and we’re not up for camera surgery. From what we can gather, it’s a $200 or so fix… although users report it a “permanent” one.
So this is all we have of us dying eggs. And there aren’t any pictures of Easter morning (just video) of Will getting HIS FIRST REAL BICYCLE WITH TRAINING WHEELS, visiting with my parents, or going into a chocolate coma. But it was all very fun.
The bummer is that we leave next week… during which we’ll be heading into DC, seeing friends, meetings friends’ babies, seeing family, and just generally doing things where I will feel like an amputee without my camera arm. Thankfully, my Dad is loaning me his XT — we’re meeting them half-way on Wednesday evening to make the pick-up — so I’ll have something.
If we were in a place to splurge, it’d be time to consider a new camera. But I’ve really got my heart set on a 5D, which is roughly the same price as a kidney. (I’d told myself that if I started to sell stock photos then I could start considering it as something to save towards.) I’d been earmarking portions of consulting income for another lens (much more reasonably priced than it’s comparison), so having to spend money on a camera fix is a total bummer. Especially since I was hoping to get the new lens to better capture the DC trip (Will and Kate with Brayden for the first time!!) So I’m bummed!!
BUT — we had a really nice Easter that we captured on video. Will’s final thoughts before bed on Sunday:
“Will, what was your favorite part of Easter?”
“The CHOCOLATE.”
“Even more than your new bike?”
“Yeah.”
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