I felt a bit "unwilling" as I threw the camcorder into the garbage bin this evening. Well, this camcorder had helped me captured a lot of priceless memories. I even "retired" my Canon HD camcorder because of it.
Bought this camcorder in March. It was meant for our trip to Mexico and all the water fun in the summer. The camcorder was a strong well-built camcorder. The waterproof aspect of this little gadget was unbelievable. It was sucked into the lazy river filter and stay under water for a few hours before the maintenance crew helped us to retrieve it when we were in Mexico.
In May, Jacob jammed the SD slot when he was playing with the camcorder. He fully inserted the SD card in wrong direction forcefully. We were not able to pop out the SD card from outside. With little choice I had, I opened up the camcorder to retrieve the card. The pop out mechanism in the SD slot has already damaged, but I figured out the camcorder will still work with the SD card correct inserted. I can still read the content via USB cable.
I may have caused some damage during my first fix attempt. The camcorder continue to work well for a few months, until it experience read/write problem to the memory card. This time, I opened up the case again. Retrieved the old card, replace it with a new card. Unfortunately, I accidentally punctured the case when I screwed the case.
Well, I damaged the waterproof feature. But the camcorder was still working. I still able to use it to shoot video. However, we still had the last water park trip to Calypso before we concluded our summer. So, I came up with an idea to seal the camcorder with the silicon seal that I used to fix my sink. Well, it didn't work out. The device failed after a few hours in the water. My bad.
Goodbye, my little gadget. You have served me well. It is me and Jacob that "screwed" you. :-)
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