Like Green Eyed Lady, I too am interested in the new digital gear, and am used to the old Nikon. I have shot with a Sony Mavica at work and liked it except for the fact that outdoors, in bright sunshine, the viewfinder was extremely hard to see, making precise framing difficult. What I am more curious about, however, is how people are using the images - web site development, sending e-mail photos to the relatives, posting porn (just kidding), or what ??? I am also fascinated by the idea of "stitching" images together for panoramas - I just stumbled onto a Kodak site last night on the web and saw some great examples of this 360 degree technology. They also have a specialized camera (and a tripod, I think) for doing this - at a price of about $1350 U.S. I knew a guy who was developing a CD several years ago on Lewis & Clark, and he had some very expensive software and a fast computer to do this with. Now it sounds accessible to all. Comments, please !