Are you using a Digital Camera? For almost a year now. What brand did you buy? Canon Make and model? Canon G2 (black body) Price range? $432 How many mega pixels? 4.1 What kind of photography do you shoot? Landscape, family snapshots, action Ease of use? quite easy, Manual mode is good too. Did you read the manual? Several times. I'm a slow learner What does the camera record on? Compact Flash Is this method cost effective? OH YES! What kind of battery/batteries does your camera take? propriatary Li Ion. Lasts about 250 full res. images or about 2 weeks. Do you consider this Cost effective? sure beats the AA Alkalines! Would you consider this camera a good value for your money? Yes, it has been replaced by the G5 now, but real good for half the cost. Would you recommend this camera to a friend? Yes Is this camera a D-SLR? no Pros and Cons? Anything else you would like to add? Autofocus is kinda slow. Focus presets compensate for that on action shots.