We just bought a Nikon Coolpix 8800 in ebay, about 1/3 price when it was new. It is 1.5 year old. That mean if we can wait for the new technologies for 1.5 years in the digi-camera field, we only pay for 1/3 price. Anyway, the 8800 is still the best picture quality digi camera. There is no excuse for me to make poor pictures.