And I got beautiful memories and pictures thanks to it. Its constant use and abuse is noticed on all the “scars” she has. However I’m not the type that buys a new camera just because the one I have looks to weary. Fuji got two new models I’m interested, more resolution and more optical zoom (I’m desperate for being able to take moon snapshots at night), not sure if it would work to take lightning storms pictures. I found the address of the local distributor (since is not a “mainstream” camera is not sold at the local electronics stores).