First of all, the hard drive from my laptop has apparently died. We have tried quite a few things and eventually ended up removing it from the laptop, buying it it's own external casing, and hooking it up to our desktop. Despite (mainly Nigel's) efforts, all we can get is a clicking sound.
He then looked into how much data recovery costs, which was very disappointing news as well. After an initial 60$ or so fee, the cost can be into the thousands to retrieve lost data and the cost is based on the number of files that need to be recovered.
Anyway, what that means is that years (5?) of photos are now lost. Everything since I've owned a DSLR. All the originals, anyway. As well as anything that I don't have uploaded somewhere. It's left me kind of devastated.
Not too long after I realized that my hard drive died, my camera fell over and the lens is now jammed. I can still use it, but only zoomed in as far as it will go... It won't twist back the other direction. Now while it's still usable, this limits me to only being able to take photos in very good light. The shutter speed needed to take a nice photo in lower light when the lens is zoomed in is much greater. Additionally, I have to compensate my position for the camera constantly being fully zoomed.
Basically I've been taking (poor quality) cell phone pictures of the cats. I have been trying to use Nigel's phone since it takes much better pictures, but when he's not around my cell phone is what I rely on, and it seems like the quality just keeps going downhill with it.
I will try to keep things as updated as possible with photos, even if it means posting cell phone shots. But until I get my camera lens either fixed or replaced, it's kind of just sad trying to use it.
Anyway, here's a few photos for now from before my camera fell over.
Oh Noes! Beheaded kitty!
More photos after the jump, click below!
