She's discharged!

She's been in hospital since 19 Sep 12, and is finally discharged! 

Now the lens is able to fully open

And it's free of dust

And I can get into scene mode! 

Replaced body part & with labor charges, total damage: $271

She's in Hospital!

My Nikon P7000 is being sent to Hospital!

Why? cos it keeps showing "unable to initialize lens"

I can't get into the scene mode cos dial setting is unable to set properly

and the lens is unable to open fully + the lens are dirty! 

CS from the service centre call me the next day, informing me that the total cost of repair is about $280 cos they need to ship the body parts from Japan and gotta wait for about 3-4 weeks! 

Meanwhile, I gotta depend on my unreliable old Samsung ST550 & my iPhone4S

BTW, saw this Pink Nikon1 at the service centre. Damn chio can! But it's retailing at $1099!

Anyone care to sponsor me this? heehee

Damn! Got dusts inside my camera lens!

I haven been actively using my camera cos my lappie can't read my SD card & I dun have a card reader.. plus the camera on iPhone4S good enough for normal photo-taking. 

When I finally use my camera last Sunday at USS, I realize there's dusts inside the lens! 

Damn! Must quickly send for servicing before warranty expires on 7 Apr.. but hor... I dunno where is my original warranty card & the original receipt... hopefully it can be done!

**screenshots grabbed from milkfrost.multiply.com

Wireless remote control

Yippee... bought a wireless remote control for my new toy cos it has the IR function!

what is good in having this cuite?

 i no longer need to set self-timer & ran to get in position for self-portrait.. now can slowly get into position & snap with just a click away!

heeheehee

Nikon P7000

Initially wanted to buy Canon G12, but when i check with Andrew, he says Canon has the trademark of "lens black-out" after 2 yrs, so he recommend Nikon P7000 cos it's comparable to Canon G12. Carol on the other hand recommended Lumix LX-5

tru Andrew's recommendation, Carol & myself went down to TK foto at Funan to take a look at the cameras. Price shown on display is $659 but they quoted $645 (with 1x8GB SD card + camera case)

Carol then brought me to her friend's shop at lvl5 cos tt shop sells mainly Nikon cameras. Her friend also quoted $645, but the way he speak, damn "haolian" lor.. when Carol ask him abt Nikom P7000, his reply was:

"I won't sell you that camera cos it's a very lousy camera. It's just copying Canon G12. If you want to buy, you buy lor.. then u prepare to throw away.. if u ask me, i will sell u a DSLR lor" 

*think i dumb arh? DSLR more expensive mah.. but i dun wan to get one now!

When he say that, some customers actually turned their heads & look at us lor.. ...make me look like a stupid idiot lor.. tmd!!!!

ok lor, since you're not interested to sell, i also dun wanna buy from u!

Of cos everyone has different reviews/likes/dislikes on camera, but i would rather hear frm a photographer then a seller. So we went back to TK foto & comparing Canon G12, Nikon P7000 & Lumix LX-5, my final decision is still Nikon P7000. 

anyway, here's the pix of my new toy.. 

for specs & reviews of the camera http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10090819nikonp7000.asp 

a test shot on opposite block with my current samsung (night, w/out flash)

and a test shot on the Nikon (w/out flash but dunno what mode cos i haven figure it out)