Just a rant! I don't understand some why people want to steal the joy of other people when they talk about the new or old piece of camera gear they purchased. If it was a older camera boded or an older lens maybe it was all the person could afford to get into photography. I think as a group of people interested in photography we should help people instead of making them feel bad about their equipment. Help them get the most out of what they have, to point out the best aspect of the lens or camera. How to set it up to get the best performance from what they have.

Lets be kind to people you never now how your word affect someone.

Been using it for years now on all my cameras and find it to be a Godsend. That said, one must keep in mind that there are so many kewl tools included that it will take quite some time to become adept at using a good chunk of them. Like Photoshop there are many tools you will not need or use so it will take a little bit to figure it all out. I listened to all the doomsayers for almost 2 years before trying it out and kick myself for listening to them all. I have had it installed on 6 cameras now and have not had any problems... Let me clarify, I have had no cameras turn into bricks but on occasion have had the camera lock up which a simple turn off and pull the batteries out solved the problem.

One bad thing is that while listening to the doomsayers I did purchase many second party tools like inter-valometer etc. which are now useless to me and collect dust on the shelf. The instructions can be a little short but do cover the basics so it's just a matter of read, try, adjust, try...A-ha!

Don't like it? Simply remove your SD/CF card and replace with a non ML card and your back to square one. I wouldn't want to live without it.

I'm looking for a commercial producer of photo books, like Shutterfly, for example, that offers an option without all the pre-set format templates that most (maybe all) of them have. I crop my images to my own specifications, and they normally do not fit the templates provided. I want to set the size,
aspect ratio, and number of photos on each page, with the option for adding caption text when and where I want it. This could be called the "plain
vanilla" option. Can anyone suggest a company that offers this option--maybe I just haven't dug deep enough into the offerings of Shutterfly and
the others I've checked, but so far I haven't come up with the one I want. Thanks in advance for any advice!