Antoonio, thanks for the update on digitals. their status is pretty much as i figured. as long as it is not that expensive to have the pictures cut on CD's, then i won't give up my old hardbody SLR. i'm not sure that they would ever meet all the versitility of a manual camera that can vary the speeds, films, lens openings, lenses, filters, flash options, or the cost of the camera.