Before you agree with this headline and post a snarky Talkback, please feel my pain for a second.
After years of buying digital cameras that have been dropped, stolen or otherwise rendered useless, I finally found the one I love this summer. And I somehow just lost it.
I'm far from a professional photographer, but I fancy myself as somewhat artistic and have for years yearned for something pocket-sized, feature-packed and advanced enough to let me grow into this hobby.
Finally, after many, many tries, I found my perfect camera: the Canon S90, frequently considered the best point and shoot ever made.
I took some beautiful photos this summer, many in RAW, several in challenging light conditions with this baby's bright f/2.0 lens. I was starting to understand its nuances, too. It was getting fun.
Then, a few Fridays ago, it disappeared. Like off the face of this earth.
The last place I saw it was on my desk at work, but I could swear I brought it home that afternoon. I intended to take it up north, and I have scoured my office, my living room, my car, our cabin and even the car of the friend I drove up with. It's nowhere to be found.
I even had a dream last night that I found the camera and I was so delighted, but then I woke up.
Now, this camera "only" cost $350, so it's not like I lost a family heirloom. But I can't bring myself to buy another one right away, both for budgetary and reasons of principle. Instead, I shall suffer with only a camera phone for the foreseeable future, punishing myself for being careless with a new and pricey toy. I keep hoping it'll turn up, but at this point, I've given up.
Honestly, I'm really bummed. I may be a slob, but I don't lose important stuff like this. Or, shall I say, I didn't lose stuff like this.
If the photos I take on OnMilwaukee.com suck, you know why. I finally found a camera I loved, and now it's gone.
Andy is the president, publisher and founder of OnMilwaukee. He returned to Milwaukee in 1996 after living on the East Coast for nine years, where he wrote for The Dallas Morning News Washington Bureau and worked in the White House Office of Communications. He was also Associate Editor of The GW Hatchet, his college newspaper at The George Washington University.
Before launching OnMilwaukee.com in 1998 at age 23, he worked in public relations for two Milwaukee firms, most of the time daydreaming about starting his own publication.
Hobbies include running when he finds the time, fixing the rust on his '75 MGB, mowing the lawn at his cottage in the Northwoods, and making an annual pilgrimage to Phoenix for Brewers Spring Training.
