Ya, the philosophy behind photography is simple. Choose the best portions in the scene and leave the rest. First you need to apply on the camera selection itself. I purchased Kodak Chroma long back in 1997 in Rs. 1600/- but still the results are better than any new camera or the costliest ones. The clarity, sharpness, colors are superb. The problems attached with automatic loading and zooming are not there in the manual one and so good relief from tensions. Only tensions left are those of your girl friends who keep on forcing you to take one more time (their snaps). So have one and get straight into the act...