Broke friends camera?

Question

K, so basically by friends wanted me to take a picture of them. So my friend gave me her camera and i took a picture, than my other friend wanted a picture so I was trying to take picture. Than I accidently dropped my other friends camera. It's a very very expensive camera. And i feel really bad, because the lens is not straight put diagonal and the screen keeep on saying lens correction. Plus, she has valuable pictures on it. Should I buy her a new camera? Should i ask to replace the lens? Or should i just not do anything, since she asked me to take the picture? I feel really guitly. Please help

Answer 1

Here's the bottomline.

If it was your camera, what would you expect your friend to do?  Your friend handed you the camera for one picture of her in a group. Then, you used her camera for someone else's picture.

If someone loaned you a car, you assume responsibility for it, right?  I've handed my DSLR to people who've handed it back, not wanted to handle such a "complicated and expensive" camera.

I doubt you can replace the lens alone, unless it's a dslr.  And even then, the problem may be with the camera body and the lens mount.

Have her take the camera to a service center for an estimate.  You need to decide what to do based on your feelings of responsibilty and friendship.

Do what is right, not what is convenient.

Answer 2

If all else fails, here's some simple things that you can do to try to fix it. They only seem to work for less than 50% of the lens errors, but if the camera is out of warranty, they're worth a try:

http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/12...

Answer 3

has she asked you to pay for a new one? but yeah you broke it so I guess you should pay something towards fixing it or getting a new one.

Answer 4

tell her to replace the lens.

to see if somethings wrong.

Answer 5

Unfortunately we hear about breaking the camera on a daily basis--and most likely the wrist strap was not used. I don't think point and shoot cameras are made to be held in the hand(s) as they're not designed with a hand grip.

I think to be fair, and to save your friendship, you should at least ** offer ** to replace it (as it will likely cost as much to mend it.)

I realize she asked you to take the photos, but had the precaution been taken, it might not have fallen out of your hand. (I'm not placing blame here--this is an expensive lesson). And honestly, you probably feel the same if you asked her to take the photo and she drops the camera.