Well, I went to the camera shop today. Let's just say I received some very disapproving looks for the state that the camera is in! I can't help it my father decided to let it in a box, open in the basement. I tried to explain, but they all looked at me like it was me making excuses, lol. Oh well.

So, from what they said, as they tsk-tsk'd at the camera and the one pro came over to look at it, was that it's basically shot. There are pieces breaking off on the camera itself. Not sure what or why, but there are little thingies that are coming off. Then the mirror on the camera (mirror??) is scratched all to heck. The lens is next to destroyed as well. Scratches on the outside, crap on the inside. He doesn't know how the stuff got in there, but it's pretty much destroyed.

They can TRY to repair it, but we'd be looking at over $500 to do that, if they can. So... I guess it can sit on a shelf to be looked at for another few decades. They don't take trade ins normally, and especially not in the shape that it's in.

Oh well.

At least I found out things about my own camera that I didn't know on here, lol. I'll have to dig out the downloading stuff and do that with the pics tonight. Right now I'm beat from running around the city all afternoon and dealing with traffic and mobs of people (went to the mall to have my cell checked out... what a mistake!).