Yesterday, my son washed and brushed our Golden Retriever and I had him put the dog hair outside so the birds can use the hair in nest building. I was outside playing soccer with the dog when 2 Ravens swooped down to pick up the dog hair. Clifford (Golden Retriever) saw the Ravens in their dive and almost caught one. Clifford has very fast reactions and the best eye cordination I have ever seen on a dog. All this action and my cameras was in their cases in my office. Sometimes I think I should always have a camera with me, but how do you play soccer in 2 feet of snow with a dog and 50 lbs of camera gear around your body?

This is ALWAYS the way, LOL! I cannot count the numbers of times that I have WANTED a point and shoot for kicking about. The problem is that most point and shoots don't give me the image quality that I want except in base ISO.

When I was at SWPP's bridal convention in England this January, I saw so many guys using a small Fuji (cannot remember which model). I saw some of the final production shots, but was not happy with the image noise still. What I want out of a consumer camera is fairly easy. I want a 4-5 megapixel consumer camera with a very clean ISO 400 anx 28-140 zoom. Also, I want something without a 10 decade long shutter lag.

I hate carrying around all of my gear, but I cannot get away from it. Recently, I have been taking the Oly E-330 (which I will have to give away soon, I think) to work every evening for sunset. BTW, it is a decent compromise in size to my 20ds.

James