Gear lust

I wonder if I can explain to you with a straight face why I really, really need a Canon EOS 20d camera body. My buddy Dan just got one, I played with it at lunch today, and WOW it's nice.

Compared to the Canon EOS 300D I already have, what has this new camera got? Glad you asked. Mostly, it's just faster -- it starts up faster, writes pictures to the memory card faster, lets you change your settings faster. It does that really cool AI Servo autofocus mode whenever you want, the one that lets you track flying birds (the 300D only does it in dorky Sports mode). And it's a lot less likely to tell me BUSY while I'm trying to capture that hawk flying right overhead.

And, it's black. Need I say more?