I was so excited when I got the phone call that my 20D was ready after being in the repair shop for three weeks. Imagine my frustration when I tried it out before Saturday’s swim meet only to find out that although it seemed to be working fine in the shade, all of the shots taken in the sunlight were extremely overexposed. No matter what settings I tried, AV, manual exposure, fully automatic, negative exposure compensation, it was the same result. Good thing I brought the old Rebel for “just in case.”
The repair place has a 180 day guarantee so I’m going to take it back the next chance I have (probably not until Friday) and explain exactly what happens. I might even take some shots there so they can see for their own eyes what the problem is. If they can’t repair it, then I’ll just shoot with the Rebel for the remainder of swim season and look for a new camera once soccer season gets going. Aaaagh.
In the meantime, here’s what I was able to get from yesterday’s meet. The meet was not frustrating for the kids at least. The team won and Ben posted personal bests in all his individual events. Kate posted a personal best in the breast stroke but was slower in both the back and free. Last week she had a personal best in the free but slower in breast and back. I see a pattern here, so perhaps at the next meet she’ll get a personal best in the back but be lower in breast and free. Who knows what she’ll have up her sleeve for the last meet of the year!
