I adore technology and I buy as much as I can afford (which is never enough.)  Almost everything I have now works better than what I had 10 years ago- my laptop beats the old tower, my cell phone is half the size of my old one and does twice as much, DVD beats the heck out of VHS.  So why can't I become reconciled to my new digital cameras?  There are some things they do marvelously well- photographing and uploading instantly is fantastic for an instant gratification sort like myself.  I can't get enough of the retouch and special effects programs that go with them.
 
My problem is basically that I just can't get them to focus.  I miss my old Canon AE1.  It had an autofocus, which I sometimes used, but usually, especially for portraits, I did it the old fashioned way.  When I took my first photography class is portraiture, they taught us to always focus on the subjects eye, the one nearest you.  Now I'm photographing much tougher subjects- tiny people and little rooms, and I'm having a heck of a time getting the autofocus on any of  my digital cameras- I have 3 of them- to focus where I want them to.

As you can see from the picture above, my close ups, which I loved doing in the old days, tend to be somewhat blurred.  This is a constant frustration to me.  No amount of using tripods and timers seems to get the crisp, accurate pictures I would like
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I've heard of a book, put out by FDQ I think, that is all about doll photography.  I would love have a look at it, but I'm afraid that the advice the author would give me if we met would be: buy a better camera!
I will probably end up spending the money to get a camera that will let me have more control of the focus and exposures.  I spend so much time in this little world I create, that my need to capture it will eventually overcome my reluctance to spend what will probably be a lot more money than I would like.  (Pretty much like everything else in Doll World!!) 

I'm going to go look up camera reviews now.  Wish me luck!