I am looking forward to seeing your pictures.

I'm anxious too. It's going to be hard to leave it in the box until Christmas. Cameras have improved so much in the last few years, I'm pretty sure I'll get better photos than I did with my old one.

Canon makes a point-and-shoot now that zooms up to 50x (for about twice as much money as I'm spending). That's just hard to believe. My goodness, you could probably take a picture of a bird a half a mile away with that thing. lol I'm putting it on my If-I-Ever-Win-The-Lottery list along with my attached two story sun room/garden conservatory filled with tropical plants. : )

Here is a link that might be useful: Canon with 50x zoom

I decided to try out my new Sony SX260 before Christmas. I'm sure it's a great camera but I wasn't impressed with the macro shots. They didn't seem to be as good as the ones I took with my old camera. I took it back and got a Sony instead. I haven't tried it out yet. We'll see if I can control myself and wait until Christmas.

You sound like a little kid and that is a good thing. At least you found out you didn't like the camera and traded quickly.

My "new" camera that I have had a while is not any better than the old one that I ruined evidently by taking pictures in the snow when it was bitterly cold.

The old camera cost about $100 and the newer one was twice that. It works but sometimes I think the cheaper one took better pictures. I hope you got a good one this time.