Joe, wosso funny??? That really hurts, you laughing at my baby!!! ;-) Seriously though, I know it's old, and it's 100% manual and it doesn't even have one of those split circles to tell you it's focussed (that's what your eyes are for, no?) - but you've gotta remember I've never taken photography seriously until I got my digi about a year and a half ago.... now that I'm learning I'll probably buy a better ie modern one after I've got my A3 printer...but only when I'm happy that I can take pictures with this one properly.... Saying that, I've never had any complaint about the camera itself, it's reliable as hell and built like a tank! (",)