My new toy has arrived

[Tracey]

I've been saving birthday and christmas pennies up because I wanted a camera that I could carry around easier than my DSLR, but I didnt want to lose the functionality... The only differences between my compact camera and my DSLR is that I cant change the lens and it doesnt have a regular viewfinder... although it can have an EVF... It does RAW, Aperture/Shutter/Manual settings, and unlike my DSLR it has HD video capabilities too... all in a size that is easy to fit in my handbag.

I got one of these little beauties  Olympus Compact Camera

[Grendel]

that looks good, at the moment on our holiday we arrived home from this afternoon (to Cornwall) I have been carrying my Canon eos 20d (8.2 mpix dslr), my Canon powershot A710is (7.1 mpix compact) and the sony erricson C905 phone (8.1 mpix) plus a HD cisco flip video camera (compact camera size). the compact camera makes a good companion for the dslr, but the phone with its 8 mpixel camera doesnt do too bad under good conditions, though it does under perform if conditions are less than ideal. I will try and post a few more cornwall pictures soon, its really worth the visit.

Grendel