Thanks!

That cat's 12 years old now, she actually enjoys posing. :) And finally a wise, calm cat after all these years of mischief. grin

That last shot was done in a subway station in Montreal. I wanted to frame it to give the impression that he was moving - I'll probably try that shot again with a bit of intentional shake to blur the dude slightly too next time.

The SLR I got is a Pentax MZ-M - hopefully it's a good one. It came down (after some reading and seeing what the store actually had in stock) between a Minolta STSI, the Pentax MZ-M and the Nikon FM-10.

I know Nikon from their lenses and mirrors, and that was my original choice, but the girl at the store said they had lots of returns on that model because of grain from the lens.. so I looked at the other models. The Minolta was nice, but I liked the Pentax' smaller body.

So I picked the Pentax and put the $20 difference into a good UV filter (so it'll protect the lens as well). The Minolta has a bunch of automatic features that the Pentax doesn't have, but I figure I really want to learn, so I'll do it the hard way. :P

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