Jim writes: Hmm, 'JPGs are fine', that sort reminds me of what some on this list : believe. Pity you weren't shooting RAW... : I took a bunch of shots this summer in JPG due to the fact that I : didn't have a RAW converter and wanted to immediately show these : photos and send them out. Bummer. Blown out highlights and pitch black : shadows ain't exactly fine with me. haha - this reminds me of the old conversations between neg and transparency shooters. the E6 brigade LOVED their black shadows and blown out highlights ;-)