Over the weekend I learned how to operate my digital camera in "live" mode, and it occurred to me that this would be a great way to achieve focus quickly. You focus in live mode, then switch to still mode after locking focus. My questions for the informed members of the list are: are all digital cameras capable of operating "live"? Is this a "standard" method for achieving focus? Also, it seems that my computer dumps about half the available frames. Is the save ratio set by the processor speed, available RAM, or the software? Any good instructional books recommended? My current model is a low-resolution cheapie (only $19 at Wall-Mart, including some nice image processing software), but it's proving very instructional. Live mode also captures thousands of images, which can later be culled-out of the file and stacked for a better image. Thanks C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree