my Tamahome is alive! bwahahahaha

My camera's shutter button got damaged during my Coron trip. I saw an ad from AGAR Photo Studio that they are capable of fixing any kind of cameras. I texted the guy and he was very eager to fix my cam. I was also excited because he just lives near our place. When I visited his "studio", he tried to impress me by saying that he is the same guy who fix cameras from the 2 existing malls here in Tarlac and from Nueva Ecija and Cabanatuan. He also asked me: HAS ANYONE ALREADY TOUCHED YOUR CAM? BECAUSE I WON'T ACCEPT IT IF IT WAS. AND YOU NEED TO PAY ME 1,600 PESOS BECAUSE I NEED TO OPEN IT, PUT BACK THE SPRING AND EVERYTHING. The nerve! I backed out because I spent all my money from my trip and my instinct says that he is not reliable at all.

I went home and checked my camera manual. I checked for any Sony service centers here in Tarlac City and saw one, took note of the address and promised to check on it. After a few days, I visited the place and asked to fix it. They need 5 days to fix "Tamahome" for they'll order the part from Singapore. I paid them 2,410 pesos for the whole top cabinet of my cam (1,910 pesos for the part and 500 for the labor). It was expensive but it was all worth it! All for the name of photography.

PS: It was good that I didn't trust my "lover" to some cheap digicam fixer from that photo studio. I heard that he destroyed my friend's cam. At first he was able to fix it but after a day, it produces a new error. My friend said that it went like that for the whole 2 months before her cam completely died. Sad...

Here's a pic of the damaged part of Tamahome: