Digital photography

I 'upgraded' to a Sony 230 DSLR recently and compared to my old G9 it is simply incredible in low light.
Hardly any noise, and the lenses are super sharp.
At the price I got it for, it is definitely worth it over a g9/10/11, particularly as my biggest irritation with the above mentioned cameras was the shutter speed issue.

I am no professional photographer, nor am i even an impassioned amateur- Just when I go skiing i like to have crisp action shots, and judging by my test shots on this things are looking good.

Having said that I could only afford it at the end of last year and for the past two years I have been using a film SLR to practice, and taking my canon places i wouldn't take my film camera, so we'll see.
Also the movie function on the g9 was really fucking good quality so I might miss that too.

i thought this might be the case, guessed the DSLR would give superior low light performance. i want to be doing long exposure shots of stars and desert/remote location shots but will be using it alot during the day whilst travelling. will be used for action shots when climbing and riding as well

any reason why you went for the sony over nikon/canon?

the appeal of the nikon for me is the ability to get the more affordable sigma lenses.

i should note that i am very much an enthusiastic amateur and learning from mistakes and trial and error

nb is anyone familiar with the pentax kx? been reading it performs well in night photography situations and is capable for HDR applications as well which is also of interest