it may look as if I had been drinking one too many glasses of wine, but the truth is a lot stranger than that...the other night the camera threw a bizarre electronic fit..as soon as it was turned on, it would immediately take a picture by itself, and then nothing would work, the control buttons would not respond, and the LED screen remained totally black...this happened several times, and I then set it aside and grabbed the other SLR for a photo of this old friend...now the first camera works fine again, and reveals a few disorienting scenes captured during it`s little spasm of independent operation