So, did you by any chance notice that I got a new camera? The sudden appearance of not-so-bad food pictures might have given you a clue.
Yes, we finally went insane and bought a Nikon D70s and fumbled around happily for a week, getting to know all those little buttons and switches before they could team up and drive us insane. Then something broke and the camera didn’t like the memory card, so we had to bring it back to the store.
Since they don’t make this model anymore they couldn’t just exchange the camera and send us home with a new one. Apparently we were lucky enough to get one of the last ones in Cologne. Instead they had to send it in to get fixed. And we’re stuck with my old and seriously bad FinePix again.
I can say though that the Nikon D70s is a damn fine thing. I still feel intimidated by all the options, but I think I understood some bits and for someone as camera unexperienced as me that means a lot.