I have been looking to pick up a digital cam for about a year now. Prior to the, the consumer level cams were just crap, and the decent cams were a little out of this amateur photographers price range. I was looking for a sub $500 camera with optical zoom and compact flash. The zoom was a must but the CF was just a preference as I already had a couple 256 UltraCF cards kicking about. After consulting my wife, who is a photographer herself, she informed me that digital sucks and that I should