Tale of Two Cameras

Just a day after getting the new Canon camera—after the little Kodak simply refused to work (and efforts to interest Kodak in its healing repeatedly failed)—I am happy to report that now both cameras are alive and well, and this by a peculiar process. The proof is above. The image of each camera was taken by the other—to be sure a little carelessly. They are the same size, actually, but the Canon is slighly more slender.

Here is what happened. The assembly of the Canon was, for me, the first ever such venture. The Kodak had been a gift and came to me "click-ready," as it were. In that process I discovered that you needed both a battery and a memory card—and how each of those was inserted. Having gone through this process, I got curious. I discovered where my Kodak's battery was located and, just to look at it, I opened the case, took it out, looked at it, and then I put it back in. Then, just for the hell of it, I plugged it in again to see if it would charge. It had refused to charge before, hence my purchase of the Canon. Miracles! My little Kodak suddenly behaved as it always had. No sooner plugged in than it displayed its little charging light. And in almost no time at all, it was back in action, and everything worked just fine again! Wow!

The upshot is that I've been promoted. Now I own two cameras. I went on a walk right away to take the last of four "seasonal" pictures of a scene I've been showing on Ghulf Genes. I used both cameras to take some shots. And as it turned out later, the Kodak's shots turned out slightly better than the Canon's. But then I know how to use the little Kodak much better....

Anyway, the Canon is a better camera (12.1 megapixels to the Kodak's 8.1 and a higher zoom factor). But I am tickled pink. If Kodak, the company, would have gotten involved, I would have probably spent money on repair, maybe as much as the Canon cost, and I'd still only have but one camera, rather than two!!!