I feel like I've lost a limb. My Canon 300D camera is dead. I was taking photos after the recent rain, when I decided to take one last shot using the flash. I heard the flash unit power up and as I pushed the shutter button... a sudden loud bangy shocky type noise. Not a good noise at all, especially when its less than an inch from your face. A drop of water from the tree above (still wet from the rain) had fallen right onto the flash connection on the top of the camera and shorted it out. That drop of water could have fallen anywhere on the camera body except there, and it would not have been a problem. If I hadn't decided to use the flash just then my camera would still be alive. Of course I've been seeing great photo oportunities every minute since then. I keep going for the camera, I even switched it on a few times, before realising once again that it is dead. Hopefully it will covered by insurance (still waiting to hear from them) and I'll be able to replace it, but until then I'm a little lost. The silver lining could be (assuming the insurance come through) is that there have been two newer models in the Canon SLR line since my 300D and a equivilent replacement would need to be the more up to the minute technology of the 400D.
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