Stick with us here regardless.
You're certain to end up with a new system soon enough (40D ??

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And for now, I know we'd all love for you to keep entering in exhibition with your other camera.
I'm sorry to hear about the storm damage and the expense associated with it. We've been having odd weather here lately too.
Normally it's dry around here but we've had unusual monsoon moisture causing frequent thunderstorms as well as freakish humidity. My office has been flooded three times in the last two weeks. At this point I've thrown away most of everything that's been soaked and got everything else up high or in plastic Kitty Litter buckets.
But I'm not going to waste my time cleaning the mud out until I can move everything to a different building because I know it'll just happen again. I wear my "pig slopping boots" in my office now
A small tornado blew down the power poles leading to my office's area last week resulting in a bit less than a day without electricity.
But it's all just been some inconvenience because my home has not been damaged and I keep hearing about flooding in the UK, India, China, and SE Asia. My heart goes out to you and everyone else who's had real troubles lately.
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Jim H.