I suppose I should introduce my cameras since they do a lot of the work.



I have a Fuji FinePix 3800, which I've had for a few years. It's a nice camera, though I have to admit that I have only scratched the surface as far as using all of the different settings. I haven't even touched the manual stuff yet; all the photos I've taken have been using the automatic settings. It is a good camera, and for some photos, it's even better than the other one I have.



For Christmas I got a Nikon Coolpix S4 (do all cameras spell it P-I-X these days?). I'd asked for a smaller digital camera to take with me around the city, something that will fit in my purse, especially so that I can take it to restaurants with me. It has a 10X optical lens, 6.0 megapixels, and only an LCD viewfinder. It's mostly an automatic camera, with a few setting changes. The factory set options are plenty, there's portrait, landscape, sunset, indoor lighting with multiple settings in each "scene." I can even take a black & white "copy" of documents, which has come in handy when needing to send information to someone. Kinko's charges a lot for a fax, and all I have to do is take a shot and email it to whomever needs the info. Anyway, this is a very good camera. My dad picked out both and he did a great job. Also, the best feature, I might add, is that the lens rotates so that you can take a photo of yourself and your friends without just blind shooting.