Doc knows me pretty well, when he visited me at the cabin he ended up fixin my TV, he rewired the damn thing and also made one remote work instead of using 2.......then back at the house he did a bunch of adjustments to my puter...........he is correct I hate that **** and flat out just dont have the patience for gadgetry and electronics,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I think I need a great camera but as simple as possible.........point and shoot works for me then when or if I learn the advanced stuff I can go from there

 

Actually, I believe his middle name is Forrest...


You make another good point, SLR's are heavy and clunky to lug around. If youre on a trip or vacation they can be a pain.

Dont get me wrong - if you want the best of the best - a Nikon or Cannon SLR or even a Sony SLR is the route you want to go. And yes, anyone can pick one up, turn it to auto and press the shutter but its a little trickier than that to take great pics. Big learning curve here. If he was closer, I would lend him mine to see if a SLR is what he wants.

 

sometimes I wish I had a good small pocket digital camera.
There were so many times I left the SLR at home because I was not willing to carry the x-tra weight along with me and lost a good picture.

but there are also advantages of a good SLR: I was tailgated and the driver showed me his middlefinger. I did nothing.
Camera has taken all of it. I went to the police station showed the pics and the officers were happy to get the pics together with the license plate.
License of this aggressive driver was taken for a year.
I showed him the middlef...

 

still thinkin here..............I figger after the holidays will be the best price

 

So, no "Kodak moment" yet?

 

Sony Cybershot, there's more settings on that damn thing than Carters got liver pills. I leave it on auto and away I go.

 

I would think youd get a better price after Christmas (end of Jan or Feb) after everyones Christmas bills roll in.

 

ya thats what I am hopin for Doc

 

I got a Cannon Powershot SD780 IS for Fathers Day this year and I think its great. Fits in a pocket which is good for snowmobiling or 4 wheeler trips. It has up to 12x zoom. Only thing that sucks is the battery is 60 bucks if you need another.
Just my $.02.

 

a Lady was showing me last night that if you have a camera that is allot of megapixels then when you download the pics onto the puter you can blow em up pretty good...............................now I am wonnerin bout the need for a huge zoom

all I know for camers is the ol 35mm days so I am learning here