Well, here’s mine. It’s a Panasonic Lumix DFC FZ8 DSLR with a Leica 12X zoom lens.

I’ve been road testing this little beauty — it’s surprisingly small — around our town and will report back when the weather improves and I’ve had a chance to test it in full sunlight.

Until then I can say it’s by far the best digital camera I’ve bought and performs wonderfully well. Even the hundreds of functions are easy to access and control — not always the case with digital cameras in general.

Well recommended.

I wish all our readers a very happy New Year.

When I took this picture with my digital camera back in the spring, I was uncomfortably aware that a few people were annoyed with me for recording the pleasant lunchtime scene.

I assumed — apparently wrongly — that they were with someone they didn’t want their spouses to know about. It seems I may have been wrong.

It’s being reported in the British press that a couple taking shots of their baby girl in the park were ordered by a “park warden” to stop taking photographs.

“Stunned, the couple pointed out that they were 11-month-old Rebecca’s parents and that no one else was using the playground at the time. The warden informed them it was ‘illegal’ to take pictures of children there.”

Aren’t we in danger of throwing out the baby with the bathwater?