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I have used the Optio, and found it to be good for about 15~ pix. It did have the expansion slot for a card.

As Tom mentioned, it was small enough to carry everywhere with me...a great feature.....

BBIBH
15 pix at what resolution? I was figureing 3 to 5 pics at 2-4 megs each.

you know....I am not sure the resolution.....
I will check when I get home. I suspect it is 800ishx600ish......

An expansion card will allow greater storage, and they have been coming down in price lately. I think the camera had 11mb onboard storage.

I have a 3.2 MP camera with 6x optical zoom, i find that the pixels of my camera is more than enough for what i do, I dont print out huge prints and so i dont need a 10mp camera (would be nice tho!) I would go for the optical zoom for sure.

I have printed 8x10's that look fantastic so it really depends on what kind of stuff you'll be doing.

bigjohn, I've had a Sony DSC-P72 (3.2 megapixels and optical zoom) for a couple of years and we are very pleased with it.

It's been replaced by the DSC-P73 here and looks like its 4.1 mp now and much less than I paid for mine. A little googling might get you a pretty good deal. I ran across this site last month and its pretty good for finding specific equipment, prices and etailer ratings. Wish I had found it years ago.

my wife just picked up tha cannon ps1 with 3.2 megapixles and 10 times zoom,she is very happy with it,she rather have the zoom than more pixles.it takes great pics and is easy to use.i think it was around 400 bucks(thats what she told me anyway)

ok, the resolution is 1024x768x24bit, and the camera will store 19 pictures.

BigJohn -

A site that I found useful was Steve's Digicams. He has a lot of comparison shots that give a sense of the picture quality...at least as good as you can get on a computer.

I'm not sure how much the 'ease of use' factor plays with your wife, but it was important w/ mine. When I was in the market for a digital cam, I had to balance that up against the reviews and the comparison shots. I ended up going w/ the Kodak DX6440 (4 MegaPixel). I did a lot of comparisons between 4 and 5 MP shots and found that the Kodak seemed to keep up w/ the 5MPs that I was looking at. However, what really pushed me over the edge was the printer dock functionality. I just walk up, plop the camera on the top of the printer, and then hit print. Yes, many cameras can just plug into printers, but this is just that much simpler.

The photo quality w/ the printer, as well as the Canon printer that I use for larger prints, is truly amazing.

...just my two cents. There are probably other cameras that have more bells and whistles, but the people over at Kodak seem to have it right in the 'ease of use' and WAF area.

Happy Shopping

This is the camera that I will be getting, the Panasonic DMC-FZ3. You will see links to user reviews, the website review, as well as sample pictures. It is only a 3mp camera but has a huge 12x optical zoom WITH image stabilization which is crucial if not using a tripod. This is also a fairly compact camera. If this doesn't interest you, then look at the other Panasonic FZ series cameras...even the older FZ10 (which is bulkier but a proven performer). Of course, the more megapixels, the higher the cost in this series.

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