I'm a friend of jamiedog62 and it is her I have to thank for getting me interested in real photography again and for my wanting a Nikon D50 which is still very new to me, (I got it for my 70th birthday in July 2007). I am more or less still using it in a point and shoot mode as I haven't got around to learning its many ins and outs. I used a 35 mm SLR for more years than I care to remember until I was seduced by the convenience of a compact digital but now with the D50 it is back to SLR photography and I'm loving it. Dakcat is my daughter.