premise: Why is it that all of your equipment fails at once ? First it was the camera , the zoom died . I bought the Vivitar in March of 2007 , by May of 2007 I had to send it back for warranty repairs , the lens stuck in the extended position . My May of 2008 the zoom button does n't work , camera is pretty useless without it but good enough to keep for Bruce 's work photos . Why did the writer buy the Vivitar ?
hypothesis: Because all of their equipment failed at the same time .