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no question just need to vent
I've been wanting to get into photography for a while. This past December I bought my first camera, a new-to-me RX100 III. I fucking love it, the quality is way better than my phone camera, so many settings to play with etc etc
Today one of my uncles is visiting, his first time in our country since my parents immigrated almost 30 years ago. He was very excited and wanted to first get a better phone to take better pictures because his phone was cheap old and falling apart. I felt bad because I've been in that situation so many times and it was so frustrating trying to use my crap phone camera to do photography.
Well I showed him mine and let him borrow it and he was ecstatic. I trusted him because we've always had a good relationship when I visited his country and he's responsible. I really had no problem. He's been taking a bunch of pictures happy as can be, he's probably taken more pictures in these past few days that he's had it than I have since owning it since December.
Today he drops it. He left the camera on his lap and I suppose forgot it was there because it fell when we were getting out of my car. This was in a parking garage so it hit concrete from about waist height.
My heart stops and without trying to show too much worry or disappointment I check to see if it's okay. Everything works but there's a chip on one of the corner edges. He's apologizing profusely and I assure him it's okay. The camera works fine but I was still kind of upset. Not at him, it was an accident, but I guess that risk is always there whenever you lend something to someone, that risk that it'll get fucked up.
I'm letting him use it again, he's here for a few more days. I just have to push those thoughts of worry aside. I really hope nothing happens to it lol
