I waited to buy a digital camera until they came out with rechargeable batteries and lots of storage. This has now happened, so I've been reading lots of reviews. The Sony cameras that record on re-writeable small CDs interest me. The extra time it takes to record on the CD doesn't worry me, as flowers wait. It might be frustrating for taking pictures of living creatures, like the butterflies I patiently, and usually unsuccessfully, stalk. They are usually gone before I can take the first picture, let alone a second one. I'm wondering about their macro capability, though. Most of the close-ups I admire - every stamen in crisp focus - have been taken with a Nikon. Diane Whitehead Canada