Normally I use my big Olympus E600, which can be used automatically or manually. It's a professional camera but it's too big to carry everywhere I go. I wanted a little point n shoot that I could carry on my belt or in my pocket. I've been using a little Kodak that someone threw away and I fixed, my electronics background was still helpful, but it wasn't a very good camera, in fact it was lousy. This morning my wife bought me a Nikon S3300 along with a 16G SD card and ordered 2 batteries on Ebay along with a spare charger. Since my step dad was a professional photographer he insisted that I had a decent camera so I've had a $1200 Nikon since I was in grade school. This thing has good glass, good features and takes massively big pics so I'm looking forward to using it.

A beautiful present. Wish I had a wife like yours.

She is my third and is exceptional. My last two were physically abusive.

Nice one
I love new toys.

speaking of new things, I found a set of earbuds at wal mart the night before last that were actually cloth covered cable. They had an Antique look and feel to them.

Can't go wrong with a point and shoot GMS. I still use my (well, gave it to Dad after he gave me a Leica V-LUX 1) Sony DSC-W7 more then often enough.