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"...It is discouraging, and rude..."

Katrina aka June - who cares what YOU think? You're wrong on all counts.

Time to set up a new identity, hey?

Interesting coincidence, by the way:

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Katrina Couch - A member of the www.photo.net community since May 27, 2006. </br>

June Czerwinski - A member of the www.photo.net community since May 27, 2006

"...weddings as a guest... gotten better photos with my pentax s40 than the professional paid photographer..."

Way to go! Let's look at your profile:

KATRINA COUCH... member since May 27, 2006. Two posts so far, including "Response to What to do with a horse?"

A horse? I'm more and more interested in your advice!

"...I don't feel that "no" is a good answer, and I don't believe it will help anyone to be so negative..."

No was the correct answer. You should read "The tyranny of being positive".

To illustrate my point, see this video by an editor who uses Macs:

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<A HREF="http://www.lookatentertainment.com/hilarious_videos.htm?sort=name&page=3"> Funny videos -> </A>

<A HREF="http://www.lookatentertainment.com/v/v-1914.htm"> Mac Sucks </A>

"...Will I be able to get good shots?.."

No.

I was thinking in terms of the likelihood of failure. Given similar QC procedures, a card assembled in Taiwan is probably as likely to fail as a card assembled in Japan.

Speaking of the variance between similar groups. There's more variance in body height within a large group of women, then between similarly large groups of men and women. Same with two factories of the same company.

"...have to go browse for them each time..."

Actually, DPP remembers the location of your style files next time you click 'browse'

I like it a lot. Particularly the Nostalgia style.

Best part it's working with my 20D files and DPP 2.1! Despite the fact Canon has only listed 1dsmk2, 5D and 30D on the "download to software" list.

Well done Canon.

I've got the EW-60C and it DOES turn. Only more expensive lenses with "internal focusing" don't turn the hood. 18-55 ain't one of them.

No vegnetting whatsoever with the dedicated Canon hood.

Hmmm... PN Hero, 2096 posts since Feb 1999 and you're asking THIS?

Troll!

"... shooting manual scares the heck out of me..."

With flash, shooting manual is akin to automatic. In low light/inside you set your exposure (eg 1/60, f8) and the then shoot, the cemera does the rest AUTOMATICALLY, so it's not really "manual" so to speak. Don't forget to dial up to +1 FEC or images will be dark.

Inside/low light: Manual (e.g 1/60sec, f8); Plus+2/3 FEC

Outside/daylight: AV; Minus-2/3 FEC