Earlier in the year I bought a new memory card because I thought that the cards that came with my camera were defective. Everytime I used them there would be several images that appeared to save correctly to the card but when I tried to review later, would cause an error. Getting a new card has not solved this problem. I am not going to investigate repairing the current camera because it would probably cost more than the camera is worth. I had a new camera on my wish list but in 2009 it's going to become an actuality.
Friday was spent in the company of a family friend that I last saw a little more than a year ago and we had a great time talking about all sorts of stuff until he mentioned wishing that he had brught his camera. He has a Nikon D2 and I told him I wanted the D3. At this point we abandoned my father to his own compnay as the two of us launched into an epic discussion of the beauty that is the D2, the settings, the great shots that he's taken, the prints he's made etc. It was great.