I get my camera back tomorrow! I hope. I’ve been missing it. This week, I geared up my campaign to have it back, whole and operational. I rang Consumer Affairs Victoria to ask about my rights for a refund or replacement camera. I’ve called the Olympus service centre every day this week. I’m being a Pest.

Before Wednesday, I could only speak to the customer service people. They have been extremely courteous but can only give me bad news every time I call. I finally got to talk to one of the technicians. He listened carefully to my description of the problem (again) and said, “Sounds like it was a connection fault. There shouldn’t be a problem now because we’ve opened up the camera, re-soldered all the connections, cleaned it and run the sensor through the computer.”

He then gave me a list of all the things they’ve done to fix it. It was a long list.

Joan, it’s time for the camera to come home.

I was scared that the camera would still be broken when it came back but now I’m hopeful that it’s better than new. I’m glad it will be back in time for my weekend trip to Albury Wodonga, a largeish twin town on the border of Victoria and New South Wales. I am dancing in a competition there. Damjan’s coming too. Maybe he will be Official Photographer.

See you all!