[Andrew]

My camera (Canon PowerShot S2 IS) decided to commit suicide this morning at Disneyland. Turn it on: black screen. View saved images: no problem. Switch back to live: black screen. Nothing I can do will make the live image come back, and a cursory search of the internets suggest this is a problem that tends to show up on PowerShots six to eight months after the warranty expires -- though apparently with enough bitching it's possible to get Canon to fix it anyway.

So why is this here instead of the vent thread? Because since we're on vacation and I need a camera, we went down to the Costco in Garden Grove and I picked up a new Nikon D60 with two lenses. It's the first DSLR I have owned and I look forward to figuring out how to use it.

(This bears eerie similarities to my MacBook Pro purchase last July...)