Tragedy
My Nikon P6000 is ruined.
I was setting up for a puzzle timelapse shoot, so I tethered the tripod to the wall with some string and a wall hook. I had to go off and take care of a couple things, and when I got back I saw my poor camera lying in the floor having fell six feet and making a circle in the wood right where the lens hit. Apparently I hadn’t secured it well enough.
I had the camera turned on at the time of impact so the lens got jammed up into itself and now there is no way for it to extend. The cost of repair is more than half of what I paid for it and so I’m stuck with a brick for a point and shoot. I loved that camera, so I will get it back to working order one way or the other.
In other news I’m busy with a regular job now and I also have several side projects going on. I am doing some modeling and animation work for Blue Ridge Community College so that they can demonstrate how things work on a virtual reality system. My current project is a working combustion engine. Also several people are interested in having me do drawn portraits of their children and a friend has asked for help doing some design work for his button making business.
It was the best of times it was the end of times.