As 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords magazine's Tech Editor, photography (taking photos of Mustangs, parts, people, etc) is a major category in my job description.

Like Big Steve and Mike, I shoot pictures of all things that are related to our hobby, and hopefully you enjoy seeing those images in the mag, as well as here on the Internet.

So, like a Mustang mechanic has a prized torque wrench, or other "favorite tool" in his tool box, magazine types like us oftentimes have favorite cameras, which clearly are one of the most-important pieces of equipment we use.

While you might think the big, mega-lensed 35mm SLR digital cameras that me and my teammates wield while we're working along the guard wall at dragstrips would probably be considered our favorite photo gear (I use a Canon 50D), that's not really the case. Well, it's not the case for me.

Yeah, the 50D is lightning fast and helps me take cool photos of wheels-up Mustangs as they leave the starting line, but I've actually got a simpler camera that I like using.

I'll tell you about it, after the jump...

Taking pics with the big photo setup is cool, but I'm actually more a fan of the basic "point-and-shoot" digital cameras, like the brand-new, Kodak "Easy Share" 5370 ($159 at www.kodak.com) I just scored.

A rig like the 5370 is perfect for my primary work; taking photos for Tech articles (this new one is replacing the Kodak Easy Share M550 that I've been using for about 11 months), as it's a 16-megapixel, touch-screen digital camera that I can position anywhere, to get those detailed shots of parts and their installation, that I hope you like seeing in 5.0. Another great plus is that it easily fits in my pocket.

As you can imagine, there are a ton of features and very cool things that this camera does. I'll let you go to Kodak's Web site and see what they all are.