I still need to test absolutely new batteries because I do use rechargeable batteries and I have been using them for quite some time. But most of our Hawaii pictures have turned out to be pathetic. I have forced flash to be always on because I thought it is easier to darken a picture in photo editing software than it is to brighten it.

And since it was so bright most of the times in Hawaii, the pictures with the flash have turned out to be very very bright and I have had to discard a lot of them.

I am not giving up on the pictures yet, because I have Paint Shop Pro that came with my Dell laptop and will be trying that to see if it darkens evenly because Picasa’s shadow feature is so-so. Everything else in Picasa is fantastic.

But maybe I will use Thanksgiving as an excuse to upgrade digital camera anyway. It will of course trigger a whole new exercise of looking for the ‘best’ one around … and ‘best’ includes a good price.