ideal, new, perfect, a small camera, point and shoot size, with full manual controls, just like a SLR, and shoots RAW. that's it, except not the biggest aperture available, but almost as expensive, but then there's the question of size, of handiness, of carrying it around, of capturing moments. i have one now, a small camera, but a simple camera, a point and shoot, and unable to play with settings, or can within a small universe, and limited. but how much does ability and potential come out in practice, in actual usefulness? seems to always be the question with me, wanting too much, big eyes, big thoughts, and tentative first steps, but never completely following through, never pumped in whole heartedly, and seriously running, embracing, and expanding. but I'll keep trying anyway.