Well, the camera is back in my hands, and the repair company have managed to damage the shutter button.  Normally, the button sits proud of the casing, and a half-press causes the focus mechanism to kick in, with a full press triggering the shutter to take a picture.  Now, the button sits as a hair-trigger above the focus point, and the lightest of pressure causes it to try and focus.  So, back to Jessops I went, and the assistant manager (guess the manager isn’t in today) suggested going to the repair company directly.  It’ll cut the turn-around time down, and I don’t mind much – the repair site is 5 minutes from my house.

So, Monday afternoon I’ll be stopping in at Johnson’s and asking for a service manager.  I’ll be pointing out that it took 3 repair trips for the initial problem to be -possibly- solved (I haven’t tested that yet), but they managed to damage the function of the camera at the same time.

Apparently, a lady that Jessops sold the same camera model to went through 5 of them in 6 weeks, and ended up going for a Canon.  Mine hasn’t been that bad.  Yet.