But I was a tad annoyed when my 'few weeks old' Canon 600D fault was noticed. The shop tried to blame me and initially wanted £175 for the repair. Thankfully I am a bit methodical and used to putting across the odd argument or two. So armed with four bits of masking tape to mask off an area on my laptop screen; I was able to identify where the smudge in the photographs kept appearing. Better still I was able to show that it was irrespective of which of the two lens were being used. And best of all I was able to clearly show that the 'smudge' (for want of a better word) appeared with absolute clarity in at least 11 of the first ever 33 shots on the Canon 600D camera. Plus on the less visible images, you could move them into Corel Photopaint and change the hues to find the defect. And most importantly, I was able to prove without doubt that the smudge appeared on the first ever shot that I took with the Canon 600D camera. Which is great news as the shop assembled the lens to the body and hey ho, they are now paying. But that still leaves me without my Canon 600D for the next three weeks.
So two out of the dreaded three bad things done, and more importantly, what as this got to do with the last post? Because most of you realise that I try to link the posts so that there is some kind of sequence or story to follow. That of course is the challenge.
Now I can't ramble on about the 'Voodoo Doll' that I mentioned to two sisters when they were chatting to me a few days before my run of bad luck. Well I can mention that I mentioned about not saying something to someone in case she got out her 'Voodoo Doll', but unfortunately that doesn't link to the last post. Nope, the real link is that the third thing has happened. Given the last Blogging session about water; it may come as no surprise that I managed to tip a glass full of the stuff over my laptop. And when I say 'glass full and over', I mean 'glass full' and 'right over' the keyboard and electronics.
Now a lesser person may have panicked, but not me. No, I calmly held the mains connected laptop upside down to let the water pour out. Or is that gush out? And when the gush, became a dribble, and then an occasional spot, I turned the laptop back into its correct position and left it turned on and plugged in for 24 hours. The theory being that the heat would evaporate the water, and by golly, my laptop gets hot!
Footnote: please don't touch electrical equipment that has come into contact with water without first and safely isolating the power supply. Gosh, three things went wrong, but thank goodness the last thing went right or this Blog would have come to a standstill!
