They Don't Last Forever

Published on July 4, 2008 By MasonM In Blogging

Ah well, nothing lasts forever. I was working with my digital camera today and all of a sudden it is no longer detected by the computer's usb port. Crap. It worked a couple of days ago.

I went through some troubleshooting steps and determined that the usb port on the camera has died. It's a Canon PowerShot A75, and it'ss a few years old. Not exactly a top of the line model, but it wasn't the cheapest either. I guess I got my money's worth out of it sso I really can't complain.

I'll replace it when I can, until then at least I still have my small digital video camera to use for photos and video. It doesn't take nearly as good pictures as the Canon, but it'll do for now.

Comments

Dr Guy

on Jul 04, 2008

I have an Olympus 3030 (about 8 years old), and the USB port died on me as well. So I just bought a card reader.

MasonM

on Jul 04, 2008

I have an Olympus 3030 (about 8 years old), and the USB port died on me as well. So I just bought a card reader.

Yeah I was considering that option. Would be cheaper than buying a new camera. But then, this is only a 3.2 MP camera and I wouldn't mind having something with higher resolution.

Dr Guy

on Jul 04, 2008

But then, this is only a 3.2 MP camera and I wouldn't mind having something with higher resolution.

So's mine. (

MasonM

on Jul 04, 2008

So's mine.

Probably same as me, that was as good as they got back then without having to take out a second mortgage to pay for it.

Mighty Maid

on Jul 04, 2008

My digital camera's battery door won't stay closed. So I have to Duct tape it. Still takes ok pics and doubles as a web cam.

MasonM

on Jul 04, 2008

My digital camera's battery door won't stay closed. So I have to Duct tape it. Still takes ok pics and doubles as a web cam.

Duct tape fixes anything (but a failed usb port).

MarcieMoo

on Jul 04, 2008

I got a nice camera at WalMart for like $90 that's 8.3 MP. It's more portable that our $500 camera, and I'm not afraid to beat it up. The little thing takes pretty good pictures, too. It only has 3x zoom, but if I want to zoom, I can use the expensive camera. It takes videos, and I can take my lovely close ups of plants that I love.

It's a Fujifilm...I thought it was a pretty good deal, anyway...

MasonM

on Jul 04, 2008

Sounds ok, but what kind of storage capacity/medium does it have? In my experience a lot of the cheaper ones either lack storage capacity or don't accept memory cards.

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