[StevoRocket]

Further to my earlier reply, I have been using digital since it first appeared - initially with Nikon film SLR in parallel.
Then I moved in 1998 to a Fujifilm 2700 1 megapixel then to a Canon S40 4 megapixel in 2001.
Then March this year I got a Sony F828 8 megapixel with a fixed zoom lens - and a tiny Minolta XT 3 megapixel as a take anywhere camera.

I also started using Webshots last Christmas to store a view- able copy of some photos on-line. I quickly used up the 3000 picture maximum. Anyone in the world with internet access can see them.

The rest of my 18000 pictures are on the computer - with a copy on a second hard drive. And copies of most on CD too.
I had a primary hard drive fail last October and again last month. So I take backup seriously. Fitting a second drive is simple and is the most convenient way to achieve full backup. I now use Norton Ghost to copy the entire C drive to the spare drive.

The Nikon D70 became a must have after reading every review I could find in a magazine or on line - it is universally praised.

I still have lots of other old 35mm and 110 cameras - Agfa, Minolta, Pentax etc but have'nt put a film in for processing since 2000.