Give the camera to some friend and tell them that you have given it for repairs.
Thats the problem, they dont have any self respect, they dont care what u think or feel, its been always their habit to ask for expensive items, they asked and had taken my sister's new gearless vehicle to teach his daugher (my cousin sister) to learn how to drive ( and then purchase new one for her after learning). They just want to get it. But I think I have had enough, this time I will not tolerate it. They basically asked my father for it, and good thing is that my father didnt directly said yes but said he will ask me. My father is saying if u dont wanna give it, then there is no need to give it.
the first one is actually a very good solution, I can even show them that its not turning on, dont have heart for second one, fourth one is actually very good for trolling, fifth is not possible because before taking camera they will make me put it in auto mode.1) easiest option is to coat/cover the battery tabs with something non-conductive so that the camera won't switch on.
2) if you have the heart to temporarily brick your camera then load an incompatible firmware.
3) open up the battery charger and see if there's something that can be disconnected.
4) cover the ambient light sensor so that it's difficult to take 'nice' pics.
5) put it in one of those PASM modes and change the settings for really messed up pictures. but they are going to fiddle with the dial and eventually land at the auto mode.
Its actually the best answer, u r right, if they are worth keeping relations, they will understand, otherwise as u said, screw them.
I think a direct no is also a great option for long term as Julian also said, the more I give them, the more greedy they will become, this may be only the first of many, and giving excuses everytime is meaningless, just say no once and its all over. They will atleast think after this, since we never said no to them, and that will be great.
Don't immerse it in water with the expectation that leaving it in a sack of rice overnight will fix it.
sir you are more experienced then 99.5% of us here.Hello Parag Sinha.
I hope that encounter went okay and to your liking.
Those up-thread who said "Just say no." are exactly on the mark.
Some people, especially immature people, who would ask to borrow your camera, lens, car, fountain pen, or other fine instrument simply do not understand things that are delicate, precise, and expensive to buy and keep in perfect condition. I know a lot of people who own nice things, and I would never even think of asking to borrow those fine things from them.
When I was young in this hobby I loaned a Yashica-Mat 124 TLR to a fellow at work. He returned it with the folding viewfinder damaged. Fortunately, Yashica repaired it for me for not much. Later, another fellow borrowed a Nikkor 28mm f3.5 from me, and returned it with a scratch on the glass, which removed the coating. He had put a fingerprint over the scratch, hoping I would not notice. Then, when I asked him what had happened, he denied scratching it. I know for a FACT that the glass had no scratch when loaned, because I had inspected it carefully before lending it. I learned. Never again. That was about 1968, almost fifty years ago.
Never lend a fine instrument to anyone who is not able or inclined to make it right if things go wrong.
I guess if someone asked me if they could borrow my camera, I would probably say:
"I hope you will understand, but I have a few expensive and delicate things that I simply do not lend out. My Nikon is one of them."
If the friendship cannot survive that, then you don't really have much of a friendship at risk there in the first place.
Happy Day.
