wow. This thread went almost viral! LOL

The Sharpie technique WILL NOT WORK! You'll need a nonreflective paint or something else. I'm thinking of sanding it to give it a brushed aluminum/stainless steel look, which I prefer to chrome anyway. It may turn out like scratched silvery painted plastic, so I'm weary of trying it.

FOr most lighting situations, pictures look good, but any bad images caused by product design are an issue to me, even if I never use the camera in that situation again.

Did Nokia look past the original issue in October? I'm about ready to raise a stink, which I do pretty well, but I'm wondering if others can reproduce the same issue.

I shot the image about about 5 ft. from the subject. A light fixture with two naked 13 watt compact flourescent bulbs in a ceiling fan fixture were nearly directly overhead, if only slightly behind my head. I used the Automatic scene mode with auto flash. There was no ambient light from windows, since it was dark out.