It certainly is a great way to start the morning than having a nice coffee, with hot pan de sal (Filipino bread: literally means bread of salt) and slices of cheddar cheese. I wake up at 5.30 in the morning, most of the time that is. Immediately I bring my HP laptop downstairs to start my online work which is the usual stuff like updating my blogs and writing my daily work (articles) assignments. Mornings are not complete without my usual dose of early news from GMA DZBB. With just the right volume, the radio newscast complements my doing my online tasks amidst a still quiet morning atmosphere. There would be times when the news can be not so nice to hear and so it does affect my concentration on the current task at hand. What I do is switch to hearing some pop music stored on my computer instead.
Once I decided on forgoing doing my online work one morning and just go out to take some pictures which I can use and post at My City of Manila blog. After some quick coffee, I went out at 5:30 AM and took the jeep going to Taft. For my destination I decided to check on Lawton so I can take some pictures of the gargantuan Post office Building. Actually there are so many structures and landmarks that I can take shots of such as the Metropolitan Theater, the Pasig River, Jones Bridge, and the Quiapo Bridge.
Once I got off at Lawton, I immediately took out my Olympus SP-310, insert two fresh AA batteries which I just bought from a neighbor sari-sari store. Immediately, I took one, two shots of the Post office façade. When I clicked on the digital cam for a third shot, a message flashed instead, saying “Empty Battery” Was I dumbfounded with disbelief! The batteries are new, or were they really? Perhaps they were old stock. I tried taking them out of the camera and reinserted them back. Still, empty battery the message says. Oh how I wished I brought the other camera, my Sony Handycam, but I decided against bringing it along as I find the photos I get from using it to be quite not very clear.
I have no other recourse but to get back home; an exercise in futility that particular morning I thought. Getting back I checked on the internet for any other similar “empty battery” problems with Olympus that might have been posted online. A whole lot. Sadly, no concrete solution was in sight. Some suggests using Lithium battery instead as these are more reliable. Others suggest interchanging and reinserting of the batteries. Still, many others suggest bringing the problem to Olympus. Most did have nothing good to say about the company. Hopefully, I would find a better solution, making my digital cam a lot more useful. Perhaps I would just go to any camera shop along the Hidalgo Street at Quiapo Manila. Wait, are they still there? I remember going there years ago just to have my films developed. Perhaps they might have the right batteries for my digital camera, which simply is an indispensible tool that one certainly needs when he maintains a personal blog.
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