I just got my digital camera late in June, never really photographed anything before - never felt the need. But since I got it, I've taken almost 3000 pictures. The instant part of digital makes it so that learning is much easier, so that each shot can be better than the last. I read through some of the tutorials at the resource center and went and tried some stuff out, and I'm having great fun. I can go out and try something, and if I don't like how it turned out, I can delete and try again. I took the above picture tonight of a big truck with iso50 ,15 second shutter, and f8.0 - full size picture in gallery If I ever really get into photography, I think that I would have to go with film, but until then, I shall have great fun learning how to take pictures better with my digicam.