Well, I finally bought a new digital camera that is not a simply point and click, the
Samsung NX100. We got a real good deal for it at Fry's and I am loving it, although I haven't taken it out for a solo shoot just yet. It's not the most expensive piece of hardware on the market but it is 1,000x better than what I've been using the last few years. The image(s) below where shot simply testing the settings: