At Costco tonight, noticed that the successor model to our faithful Olympus D-40ZOOM camera [the one that powered britainandabbey.com] runs $199.
We are unfortunately compelled to search for a new camera. Last year in the Bahamas, the D-40 lost its shutter button and the little ring around said button that controls optical zoom. After a few months of operating the camera with either no zooming or minimal zooming activated by sticking a sharp implement in the ring area and working the lever, I finally bought a replacement button/ring assembly from Olympus parts and installed it. At some point during this process I screwed up the sensor for the card door, so now the camera thinks the door is always open. I called Olympus about them fixing it: $179 plus shipping.
The D-580 costs $199 at Costco and about the same online. The advantage of buying from Costco is that if this happens again I can return the darn thing, in six months or three years [Costco's return policy is endearingly liberal].
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