Got my dSLR eventually

Ive been talking and thinking about this getting one for a long time now. (Bok you might remember). My brother is currently in the US of A so I asked him to price it for me. €680 for the camera and double lens kit, he called me yesterday while in the shop and I took a deep breadth and said "buy it now!". Have to say I dont know a whole lot about photography but im looking forward to getting into it. TBH I havent bought any gadgets since I started working (over two years ago now!) and Ive been itchin like mad to get something. so anyway, Ive read all the reviews, it seems to stack up well against the competition, only thing being the lens' might be a bit more expensive. But with the built in Image Stabilisation, it means I dont have to shell out in IS for every Lens I buy from now on.

Camera trouble.

So I whipped the memory card out of the camera there last night to transfer files to the PC. Put it in the card reader and went to view the pics but it turns out that any pics ive taken in the last month were not readable. This was strange as I could still see them on the camera when I had the card in it. So I put the card back in the camera and, shock horror the camera just beeps now and displays "card error" on the lcd display. Ive tried reformatting the card in the camera but to no avail, the activity led flashes for about 2 seconds (hardly enough time format the card!). tried reformatting it on the pc, when that completed I put it back in the camera but still no luck. I seriously hope its the card and not the camera!

Anyone have a similar experience?

A few photos

Sorry Steve, I decided to copy you and Ive opened a flickr accout. The only camera I have at the minute is the Olympus mju 725sw, The prints arent bad from it though!! I've been harping on about getting a DSLR for yonks, but havent managed it yet. Im thinking of buying a Kayak aswell and can't decide between the two. Anyway check out the few snaps I have Here