The camera is Kate’s new Samsung NV15. She wanted something pocketable with good manual controls. Out of all the shiny digicams at the big box store, the Samsungs seem to be the only ones with an interface that makes sense. Instead of the normal profusion of dials, four-way pads, and select buttons, the NV15 uses one top dial to select the mode - manual, auto, etc - and array of touch sensitive bumps along the sides of the LCD. It’s kind of like a touch screen interface, just with the buttons off the screen, if that makes sense. In any event, it’s a fast and intuitive interface because nothing gets buried under layers of menus. The image quality isn’t half bad either.