Jaerdaph -- Thank you .. you compliments bring warm feelings to my heart.

Rob -- Great advice. Now for my next act.... This is my first digital camera.. I actually bought it for my wife for xmas, ( i got tired of seeing roll after roll of undeveloped film building up in the top drawer of the dresser!) I've scanned the user manual... and I'm pretty dumb about this d.camera but I did find that WB is White Balance ... and AWB is auto ... so, i've figured out how to get into the manual adjust to set it ... and I'm to set it while pointing it at a blank sheet of paper ? .. yes... hopefully I can get this down so that I can get another snapshot ... please bare with my digital cam ignorance

Don -- My hands are grateful for your thanks and your sympathy... and so am I we do what we must in the name of great mapping, right?