I had to get a new digital camera today. My Kodak V570 won't open the lense and tomorrow I am leaving to meet some of the Active Rain girls for a trip to Ashville, N.C. Nope we have ALL never met. So this is going to be fun, yet we feel we know each other.

Now you can't go on an Active Rain get together without a camera. So I skyped Sarah Cooper as I couldn't remember which camera Jeff Turner had recommended besides the V570. She told me she uses the Canon Power Shot SX10015 and loved it.

Jeff was recommending the Panasonic Lumx DCM FX35, but Best Buy didn't carry it and I could not wait for several days for it to come as I fly out in the morning.

I ended up purchasing the Panasonic DMC-TZ5.

Well, let's just say I loved it when I played around with it. I think it will work out just fine for my real estate shots. It has a EZ zoom of 10X and a Wide Angle of 28mm.

I loved my Kodak V570, but I'm sure I will learn to like this one too, even with the learning curve. Here are some photo's I just shot at dusk. No, not Teresa Boardman by any means !

But, I'm sure Sarah will help me figure it all out, when I'm not busy working with my apprentice Kim Wood on the MakeOver2TakeOver 4th week assignment. 

You have to read the ALT Tags to see how the photos were shot. Alt tags are what you read, when you hold the curser over the photo.