A couple pics... And a SAD SAD story.

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Ang

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Well, the sad part isnt about the fish. The fish are all fine. I took one of my two most recent additions. My Oscar, Ludo. He's about 5" now. He's a beauty.
The other 2 are of Scarlett, my Female Jag. She's awsome. I love her. So pretty and the most timid of the bunch.

ludo.jpg


scarlett_1.jpg


scarlett_2.jpg


The sad part is about the camera. If you'll notice, the quality of those pics arent up to par with my previous pictures.

Well, a recent accident claimed the life of our beloved camera. Our Nikon D50 met an untimely demise. My husband was in a car accident ( a bad one ). He totalled his car. He was actually 95% ok though. He bruised his shoulder. But other than that he's fine. BMW is a great car. Kept him safe. The Auto body place was amazed he came out of it ok. Good cars.
Anyways, the CAMERA was in the trunk and was demolished. Even though it was under the cargo net AND in its padded case, it was cracked and internals were broken.
Best part? Well, Best Buy is where we got it and the insurance on the card wont pay for it because they said it will repair or replace it only if there is a balance on the card that relates to the purchase. Well... the DAY before the accident, we made a large payment and paid the camera off. So since there is no balance, they wont replace it. And car insurance wont cover it either.
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH

Now, they dont make the D50 anymore and the next step up is the D80 which is $1200!!! Or a step down which is $600 i think.
And to think, while we were in China, we purchased a new lense for it.

So that's the story. In the mean time, i'm practicing taking pics with a rinky dink digital. It's more of a video camera than a picture taker.

Hope the story didnt bore anyone. Had to get it off my chest.
 
theres always the D200 (hope not to soon to j/k)
The pics arent that bad, esp. the oscar i think is v. good. From a personal prospective, if any of them were my shots i'd faint lol. Nice fish btw. If its more of a vid camera.... how about some feeding vids!
 
First i am glad your husband will be alright but sorry you are going through these tough times..I want to say the picture of your female Jag is really a nice picture.. I really like that it is totally just the jag in the night..beautiful.. so don't worry about your pictures.
 
First of all I am happy to hear your husdband is ok! Second of all sad to hear about your camera. Third of all those shots aren't bad for a "rinky dink" camera. And fourth of all I LOVE BMW:drool: .

Chad
 
Ha
Thanks for the compliments. :)

I guess they arent too bad after all. Of course... those 3 pics are out of about 56 tries. :D
Not a bad little camera.
I'll try to get some vids soon. I have trouble with lighting though.

He had a 2000 M5. Sexiest BMW there is (imo) Sacrificed itself for it's master. RIP :cry:
 
Glad to here that your husband is fine. You can always get another camera.
 
Those pics are better than 95% of the ones I have taken. Nice fish!
 
Glad to hear your better half is okay. :grinno: (j/k..I always tell my wife that I'm the better half..:ROFL: )

Since you recently purchased a new lens for the d50, you still can use that lens with the d80, d70s (great camera..love it) or the newest model D40 (not 100% sure if the lenses are compatible with this model..but its nikon..so it should be).

Check out this site. They still have the D50 available.
 
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