Maybe the monkey isn’t so bad.

So, apparently I spoke a little too soon about my DS.

The day after the water incident I turned on the camera to test it out in the hotel and it didn’t do much of anything.  It powered on but as soon as it did the menu came up and continuously cycled through options and wouldn’t stop until I pressed the shutter release.  When I did press the shutter release, however, nothing would happen.  So, I assumed the worst and packed it away to deal with later.

After I wrote my previous post I decided to unpack the camera and try it out again. Read more

Curious George killed my camera!

No, that’s not just a colorful title to get you to read this post (though I hope it helps).   Curious George really was (partly) responsible for the demise of my trusty Pentax *ist DS.  Keep reading for the whole sad story.

My wife and I were recently vacationing/honeymooning in Orlando, FL and were spending most of our days exploring Universal’s Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Florida theme parks. We are both huge Harry Potter fans so the main focus of our trip was to visit Hogsmeade and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and the other areas of both parks.   After a couple days we got to do most of what we wanted to do and see in “Harry Potter World” so we ventured out to see what else the parks had to offer. Read more