I use the Nikon 990 quite a bit at work, I like the fact that you can shoot it full manual, configure the white point (daylight, tungsten, manual white point, etc.) attached external flashes, etc. I've been considering buying a digital camera for myself, and after using the 990, I wouldn't buy any camera that didn't allow you to shoot full manual. I wish they made one in a smaller package, though... like the digital ELPH, and more weather-resistant, for slipping into your vest on the river.

At work we also purchased a neat little Nikon slide/neg adapter for the 990, (about $75) that way we can shoot digital copies of slides or negs directly into the camera, then just mount the CF card as a disk on the computer... WAY faster than using our $2000 Polaroid slide scanner, and nearly as good results... just have to shoot the pics manually and measure the white point of your light table for it to get good color results...

As for me, I still carry a 35mm Yashica T4 point-and-shoot with me on the river, it's way more water-resistant than most digital cameras, and for $200, if you're shooting good slow film like Velvia, you can't come close to that quality with an affordable digital camera... I'm going to wait until the digis come down in price... in the meantime, I'll scan my slides on my Epson 2450 flatbed, or digitize them at work with the Nikon 990.

-N.