Pretty much, since starting this blog, the photos that you’ve seen came from this little beauty. This year we’ve been starting a downward spiral of our friendship. It began in May when I discovered the fungus forming under the lens. Somewhere around here I have a photo of that and, maybe in a minute, I’ll look for it and share it with you.

This past few days Elph has been really persnickety and has been sassy. He will take one photo and be fine but only if that photo is taken with the default distance when the camera is turned on. Zooming just makes him mad and he turns off and gives me some sort of cranky message about a Lens Error and must shut down followed by a please restart camera.

Been there before. This little guy was cheap enough so, off to eBay I go. Actually, I had already surfed eBay a couple weeks ago to see what was out there. Maybe Elph was too close to the laptop screen and saw that.

In a few days Elph’s replacement will be arriving. We’re going back to the red side, although the seller calls it pink. Canon’s pink is usually closer to red. I’ve had a red PowerShot before and still have another refurbished PowerShot SX400 IS that is not pocket-friendly. My previous red PowerShot met up with my hind end when I sat on it in my red Jeep TJ one afternoon.

So that the uncooperative cameras don’t end up sitting around here just looking cute but not pulling their photographic weight, I list them on eBay as is. They sell. Quickly, too, I might add.

Maybe one of you out there has my previous red PowerShot and it’s treating you well. I don’t have the patience or the knowledge to take these apart, fix their issues, put them back together successfully so that they can live on.

Now, a sewing machine on the other hand – if it’s an old one, though.

Note: The fungus photo is not to be found. It’s here somewhere but probably still on my phone.