Hey Kathy, I wish I knew. At the moment, we’ve got big icky (student loan) bills to contend with, so the replacement budget is a bit on the non-existent side. The camera I’m borrowing is a teensy little Casio Exilim S500 — the thing’s a friggin’ postage stamp compared to the clunky Minolta. So far, I’m liking some aspects of it (better in low light, better color balance for food pics, some fun “best shot” choices), but other things annoy the hell out of me — like when it freezes on the scene while I’m trying to get the pre-focus to work. Of course my dream camera would be a digital SLR like a Nikon D70, but, um, I think that’ll have to wait for that winning lottery ticket!

KM, first thing that went on the Minolta was the lens cap. Broke, stopped fitting, searched high and low for a replacement, and (surprise, surprise) parts for this baby were already obsolete.

Tell Andrew: ::thunderous applause:: and also: I assume the sizzling, fat-laden moth abdomen smelled like barbecued chicken, no?

(ps: for some strange reason, my spam filter always stops your comments. I’ve scolded it several times but it won’t listen. Silly spam filter!)

btw, a friend of mine placed in BW’03 with this:
“Anton was attracted to Angela like a moth to a flame - not just any moth, but one of the giant silk moths of the genus Hyalophora, perhaps Hyalophora euryalus, whose great red-brown wings with white basal and postmedian lines flap almost languorously until one ignites in the flame, fanning the conflagration to ever greater heights until burning down to the hirsute thorax and abdomen, the fat-laden contents of which provide a satisfying sizzle to end the agony.”

by Andrew Emlen

So….what are you buying next? Enquiring minds want to know. Especially since my trusty Canon is about ready to give up the ghost.

CC, your brain didn’t explode: we borrowed a camera from Chopper’s stepdad. It is Paper Chef weekend, after all. Next week though, I am bereft of megapixels, which, as Barbara sez, mega-bytes. Heh.

Oh, important note to WCB subbers: I have my spammity spam filters set to put any comment with a link in it into the moderation queue. So, if you don’t see your comment immediately, yet you see others, that’s why. Don’t worry though, I’ll check the queue on a regular basis this weekend.

So, does anyone else here think Kevin missed his calling? (He’s either the next Poe, or he’s gunning for Bulwer-Lytton finalist. Snicker.)

*hugs*

BTW, my WCB entry is up at http://tbirdonawire.net/tbirdwp/2006/12/08/waiting-for-the-birds/

Thanks for hosting this week!

My condolences on your loss, MizD.