On Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at 02:58 PM, Thor Legvold wrote: > I prefer simplicity and ease of use over bells, whistles, electronic > doo-dads, auto this and that. I'd much rather have a simple, manual > camera with good glass than an electronic show of lights. Yeah, me too. OTOH my Canon EOS "Auto-Everything" Elan 7 has both - extreme bells and whistles and electronic doo-dads (for whoever wants them) AND extreme simplicity (in the "Auto" mode.) (When was the last time you used a Leica for portraits or still life without at least FOCUSSING the camera?) Cheers ;-)