oh dear, this isn’t your relatively new camera is it? That is what happened to my last GOOD camera.. the pix were pure crap.. totally unusable & the Ispection for repair was 250 ... that is NOT doing anyting, just seeing what is wrong. Heart surgeons charge less for initial interviews.
this pix is lovely., I would show you pix of my lilac plant but right now it is buried in snow (and 3-6 more inches coming tonight)
No, my new camera is one of my husband's professional cameras - a Fuji S2 Pro, which I haven't even begun to learn to use yet. (He is NOT very happy about that, since I asked for it and then left it setting in the camera bag untouched.) :-(
The camera that I use most is my little Fuji FinePix A310 (point and shoot). It has done a great job for me, but I don't think these cameras are made to last a long time and it is just not cost effective to repair them. Jk has done a bit a research and decided that a Canon PowerShot A720 will be a good replacement for my dying Fuji A310.
I just can't believe what a long, cold, snowy winter you've had. You certainly have my sympathy. I doubt I would survive and Ohio winter.