Chuck, Here is a good reason to go with the Canon Rebel 350XT. Get a IDAS - Light Pollution Suppression Front Filter For Canon Rebel 300, 350D. You will need that for astrophotography. At a current price of $699 with the 18-55mm lens, it is a good buy right now. You might want to add on a remote shutter control and a couple of extra batteries. I hardly do any processing on my daylight photos. I need to experiment with Adobe Photoshop Elements but I haven't even installed it yet. For most photos I have Smith's do the prints. I do want to learn image processing more but I haven't found the time yet. I do like Micheal's exposure bracketing idea too. But, like Rob says, just have fun shooting and delete the pictures you don't like. You can always process them later which is what I plan on doing. By the way, for my hiking trips, I use a lighter and more compact Nikon Coolpix 4500. It fits in my hiking fannypack well. The Rebel is a bit heavy for hiking. Debbie ---- Michael Carnes <MichaelCarnes@earthlink.net> wrote:

Joe, I'd love to claim credit, but it's not my idea. Photoshop CS2 has built in support.

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Michael, what a great idea! -- Joe

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