Not a stunning photographer does a fancy camera camera make. Have you seen that Backyardigans? The board doesn't make the skater , the skater makes the board? Yeah, well...they lied. Having a fancy camera does make you better. Okay, well...maybe not. Likely, not. Actually, not at all. In fact, with my brand new, semi-fancy schmancy camera...I'm discovering that upgrading just ain't quite as easy as I thought it was going to be!! My crappy old D40 was like an old lover in my hands...I knew just exactly what to press to make it sing. My brand spakin' new D7000? Yeah, we're still learning the ropes. Testing the waters. Trying to figure each other out. We aren't quite signing yet. At least, we're not singing a duet. The camera sings (a somewhat complicated opera)...I warble. I'm trying to teach myself manual mode right outta the box (which might be some of my problemn). I'd like to get used to this way of shooting over anything else...so I'm learning...