Well Fibs, looks like everyone has beaten me here and has great info. I used to use Pentax almost exclusively and then had two bags full stolen in Chattanooga! In what I thought was the interim back then, I picked up a Canon T-50 with a good macro zoom...........and I tell you, I never got past the "interim" again. There are an awful lot of inexpensive 35's out today and you might want to check a few out before you replace yours. I don't care much for the clamshells and I really don't mind the extra weight so I'm still, 15 years later, happy with the nicely automated cheap T-50. There are even better and cheaper out now. Get a decent lens and call it a day!

Last year, I researched the hell out of digitals and ended up with a Nikon. Its great, but I'm still futzing around trying to use the hundreds of things it will do. The older I get, the more I seem to want to revert back to "snapshot" photos and all of the "goodies" seem kinda' tiring!!!

Spaw