Help!

[CelticAngel82]

I stupidly (im kicking my own ****, believe me!!) DROPPED my camera off the kitchen bench last week - and now it takes blurry photos like completely out of focus.. i was wondering if it's even worth getting someone to look at it and fix it, or just chuck it and buy a new one.. it's a Fuji Fine Pix s8000... i cried to mum about it, so hopefully she'll (again) give me one of her "old" cameras, since she upgrades a lot

[peber]

Its probably shot, but a thought for the future: Most insurance companies will let you add your camera to the contents insurance. A lot cover against accidental damage too. For next to nothing every year, my SLR is insured at home as well as out and about (even against my own stupidity).

[Nemesis_22]

It won't be cheap at all. Standard cost for lens replacement is obscene. Its a now non standard, so that makes it pricier - the main problem with the cost is, however, the cost of labour. Thats whats going to make it non-worthwhile.

You are probably looking at around $400, or therabouts. No joke. Its the average for lens work.

[CelticAngel82]

aww man.. i'll just harass mum to give up one of hers.. and yeah mum and dad both have theirs insured because they're worth a few k.. i think mine was originally around 3-400 bucks at the time.