my camera has cataracts! on 03 december 2005, dirt somehow got inside my camera and adhered to the _inside_ of the lens. i took the camera to be cleaned but was told the only way to properly fix it is to send it back to the manufacturer. if you've been following the site for a while, you may have noticed that the number of photos i've been posting recently has dropped dramatically. this is the reason. it's just so hard to put my heart into photography when i know the images will be contaminated by the dirt on the lens.