I found another reason today to upgrade my PSP or to invest in photoshop. I submitted the test 8x10 prints yesterday to WHCC and they let me know that the color space was not embedded in the files. Of course the camera puts it in the file but my old PSP takes it out. Had my son embed the info with his photoshop and resent.

I think I'm going to play with shooting some RAW files this weekend. I have downloaded the Canon utility files and have played a little with the Digital Photo Professional program. There is a very good reason for me to shoot raw (as Preston does), since there are often cats that have a good amount of white on them and if you happen to blow it out, you're out of luck with the jpgs. And the catshow may be over and the cat gone before you realize it. Besides I'm a slight bit of a control freak and like the idea of having more control.

thanks again for the input, this thread was especially informative for me.
Diana