My New Sony Cybershot

I've got a new camera! Yes! Its a brand new super awesome Sony Cyber-shot DSC W570.  Its a lovely shade of Purple isn't it? This is my second camera - technically my third because the first camera I bought was an Olympus (it was terrible never buy Olympus).  I was not at all happy with it and hence returned it within days and bought a Nikon S3100.  It was a really nice camera and I was totally in love with it... until one fateful day when it fell out of my hands and died! If you hadn't read about it previously here's the link. Since I had blogged about that I thought I should also share the good news that I'm in love again! :P

It took me some time to get over my Nikon but...hmm now that I think about it that was just last month! Anyway, so I had to buy a new camera because my phone camera despite being 5 MP was just OK.  So one fine day as I was out on a stroll I just impulsively walked into the electronics store and decided to buy this beautiful piece.  

It was love at fist sight! This was the first model I saw when I walked into the store and it was almost what I wanted - 16.1 MP, 5x optical zoom, very light point and shoot camera and its a Sony Cyber-shot (bas naam hi kafi hai :P)... I say almost because I did buy this one is a bit of a hurry and had not really checked all my options.  What can I say love is blind! :P Minutes after I bought this one I thought about the Nikon S6200 its a camera with features similar to this Sony Cyber-shot but something that clearly sets that apart is it had 10X Zoom!!!! Would have loved to have that one but one friend I consulted about this said the camera I bought is good too, just that I won't be able to spy on people :P heheh made me LOL! He was right I guess.  But yea.. I really really like this new camera :D and I'm super happy again :)

My Nikon!

My beloved camera is now no more.... I might sound silly to you if you don't know my love for pictures.  But what happened is truly heart breaking (for me atleast!).  I carried it around with me everywhere I went - everyday I took it to office in my bag in the hope that I might see something that is worth capturing.  And well I was able to get some really nice shots. I had bought it from Dubai after exchanging it for a really bad Olympus cam (it had terrible clarity and I will never ever buy an Olympus).

I had clicked about 2500 odd picture in a span of 2 months.  2500 is not much is it? Well I was travelling and seeing lots of new things so I was lucky to have Nikon with me.  Let me tell you about my Nikon: It was a Coolpix model # S3100, 14 MP cam with 5X zoom and a slim cool blue  body.

Isn't it gorgeous!?

I don't think it's silly to cry over a broken camera. Anyone who love's camera and owns one will understand.  Especially if its a 2 month old baby and after just 2500 clicks! Ye bhi koi uamart hoti hai aisa kuch hone ki? I captured some funny, random, really good moments thanks to Nikon. One of my friend consoled me saying 'Smile, you know your Nikon loved to capture that' That did bring a huge smile on my face :D (LOL! Yea I can be soo dramatic sometimes hehe)  Well I get attached so those few things which I have with me. I'm a click-happy person and well.. that hurt!

Here's the last moment captured on my Nikon.  

Moments before the tragedy. How happy we were.

If you are curious how a brand new cam broke, well here's the story.. so here we were clicking pics about some nonsense argument happening (was funny - see our faces!) another friend was clicking the picture so I decided why not keep it on timer and everyone can fit in the same frame. so was trying to balance it on a CPU on the desk...Switched it on and the lens was up and awake ready to shoot. I set the timer and was about to let go... and somehow I did not completely.  I brushed against the cam and it fell on the desk, bounced off and fell on the floor! :-O (Yeah! was an OMG Ouch! moment) The lens was still out and it got stuck.. something inside had broken and it would not click or close! :(  I broke it... yes ME!! Guilty me! 

Are you wondering why I did not repair it? Its because the cost of repairs would have fetched me a brand new cam! :D

May my heart rest in peace and move on to a newer cam :D I'm all ready to fall in love all over again thanks to all the support from my friends and family during this trying time :)  I'm Cam hunting again :D

Update: I bought a new camera in November 2011 read about how beautiful it is here