Sadly so was a bottle of water with a loose cap.After four hours of driving up the highways and byways of England most of the water had migrated from the bottle into the camera.
Needless to say upon arrival in Whitley Bay the camera was dead.
Happily I managed to retrieve the data off the memory card but no amount of drying would revive my fabbo camera.
In the meantime, Alys very kindly loaned me her camera and thus I was able to capture a little of the trip down to Croxley Green and London with Debra.
And so the insurance claim.
Fearing that it would be an uphill struggle, instead the company were brilliant.
I was able to make the claim over the blower, and asked to supply a quote for a replacement. After seeking some advice from Jessops, a couple of days later I faxed a quote for the Panasonic Lumix FZ-28.
Earlier today, I got a phone call from the insurance company saying the replacement costs were now in our account.
Quicker than a greyhound out of a trap I was off to John Lewis and nabbed this little beauty!
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Sid, you are a lucky man. This past weekend, a friend accidentally knocked my FZ18 from our table onto the concrete floor, rendering the zoom toggle inoperative. Our version of insurance will have a deductible higher than the cost of a new camera, so I must wait until the funds are recharged before replacing my trusted friend.
Strange isn't it how I only got my FZ18 as a direct result of seeing the results of yours on line and now within a couple of weeks of each other both our FZ18's are dead or broken!
I was lucky indeed - the excess on our insurance was easily doable and thus the upgrade was achieved without undue stress on the finances.
Although I had use of Alys's camera it just wasn't the same and I never got out snapping with it.
Speaking of the FZ18 I now know two people who bought the model after seeing the results on this blog.
Mmmmmm.... this got me thinking Sid.... about my FZ18. Car trip you reckon.... with a dodgy bottle of water for company.... yes this seems like a goer. I shall give it a try!
Hey Tim - it worked for me. Mind you I really liked the FZ18 and would never have wanted to upgrade it etc were it not for the water!
Hope you don't mind me asking but did you get your FZ18 after seeing it here or did you have one before?
If you spotted it here first I might try and get sponsorship off Panasonic!
My daughter told me about it first, (so obviously she's already gone for the Panasonic sponsorship!) But it was after seeing it on your blog that I was really convinced. I'd been looking to replace my Nikon Coolpix E950 and what especially convinced me was the shot you took of the Delaval Arms from the top of Oxford Street!
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