The goofy look is totally due to my digital camera. With its proprietarty DORKIFY™ image processing, it turns just about anyone into a goofball.Don, ask Greg to get the goofy look off his face and turn around and get one of those DX-1's off the shelf.
Actually it is a result of the camera's use of a "preflash" to determine correct flash exposure. This inital flash seems to ensure that people's eyes are at best half closed, and at worst, fully closed when the exposure is taken. You should see what this shot looks like at its original resolution of 2600 x 2000, with Greg's face filling up 19" monitor.
As to taking a unit off the shelf, see above.