On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:03:29 GMT, "RG" wrote:

At any rate, you will most certainly enjoy the transformation from film to
digital, no matter what camera you end up with. The combination of a
digital camera, digital editing software, and the internet has made
photography much more engaging and satisfying than film photography ever was
for me. Enjoy.

I agree with one exception.

Paint Shop Pro by Corel is more than adequate editing software. The
full boat version is $99 and does what Photoshop does only
differently. If you are just starting off editing digital photos, PSP
is probably the way to go - most bang for the buck. Photoshop
Elements is nice, but it's not comparable to the complete version of
PSP. It's only limitation is that is doesn't handle all versions of
RAW and you wouldn't be shooting in RAW anyway.

I think Eisboch uses Paint Shop Pro - maybe he can chime in.