I was on a horse, holding my camera up in one hand, waiting for the perfect frame to capture the magnificent Ghost Town near Oludeniz in southern Turkey. Then a big green bug started gnawing on my ankle. I screamed and tried to “brush” it off, but instead I accidentally threw my camera over my head as if I was luring the bug away with bait. My horse kept walking like nothing happened and the bug didn’t take the bait, it just kept biting me. With my newly free hand I brushed the bug off – for real this time – then I looked back for my camera. It landed 15 feet away in the middle of the road, in direct line of an approaching car…
I’d like to endorse the durability of the Panasonic ZS30. With it’s 20x zoom fully extended, this camera remarkably survived a tumble across pavement, and dodged a car.
This adventure’s pictures are on Flickr:
Amyleajacobs’ Fethiye Photos on Flickr
If it were my camera, I’d have sacrificed the leg to hold on to my camera; because flesh grows back and produces a souvenir scar. (Dad)
I would have used the camera to squash the bug