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just a quick update.. oh, and i wanted to thank all ya'll for the links and advice. it all came in very handy.

after hours of careful consideration, i went ahead and ordered the Canon A95 dig camera last night. it has 5MP, with 3x optical/4x digital zoom. with shannon going to do lots of cropping and enlarging pics to scrapbook, i figured picture clarity would be more important than zoom ability. i had to bump my "want to spend" figure a little bit. i was able to find the camera online for $290 bucks, so thats not bad considering i have seen it priced over $450 at local retailers.

once again, thanks for all the help. i will post some pics from the camera after christmas. i hope she likes it!!!

bigjohn

Thanks for the update John. Hope it all works out well for you. When Shannon gets going with those photos, be sure to share with us ('specially Jackson). You just MAY have noticed that WE LIKE PICS around here.

Sorry to throw water on everyone, but I've read (somewhere--I'm good with references this morning!) that the resolution (megapixels) is actually in a lot of cases less important than the size of the imaging unit (CCD or what have you). I wish I could remember where I read the article, but it was probably on arstechnica.com.

Well, without a doubt, the megapixel "race" is a little like the WPC race we deal with here... big numbers are impressive to those who aren't exactly sure what attributes to search out when buying a camera.

There are sensors that are lower noise than others, but I would say the biggest overlooked aspect of many cameras is the quality of the lens. When people simply compare, say, 4 megapixel cameras by that factor alone, they think a $299 camera is a better price than a $399 camera. A better price, yes, but not necessarily the best value.... and it's very possible (and I did say "possible"; it's not a given) that the lessor cameras' manufacturer cut corners in some important ways.

I like Canons.... I'm sure she'll enjoy it. I recommend rechargeable powerex batteries if it takes AAs, and an extra memory card is a nice touch....

That's probably what it was. Me, I want a Digital Rebel or better. Which is why I don't have a digital camera... Or more than one lens for my EOS Elan 7e!

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Or more than one lens for my EOS Elan 7e!

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this is one of the reasons i didnt want to spend a lot of money for a digital. i bought my wife a Canon Elan when she graduated with her masters 2 years ago. we have 5 lenses for it, filters, battery pack, flash, remote trigger, tripod, and case. all in all, i bet we have around $1500 bucks in that thing. dont get me wrong, we use it, i just didnt want to spend a GOBB of cash on another camera. i think the A95 digital will be a nice compliment to what we have now. plus, its features and pic modes are very similar to the elan, so it should be a quick learning process.

bigjohn

You can not go wrong with Canon. Both Canon and Nikon make the best optics...hence there dominance also in the film world. I believe your model has the Digit processor which is a great technology.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0209/02091601canontech.asp

I've owned Nikons, Canon, Olympus, Minolta and hands down I always get more in focus shots with the Canon. These are usually fast snowboard, mtn bike shots. One of the worst shots has been a Fuji for me. Stabalization has been poor. Sony's have too much RED push in there pictures. HP has been QC.

i was taking a few shots with a canon A80 this morning....the pics were very impressive , they had great contrast and very detailed...am sure the a95 will be much better

As long as we're talking about photos..................................

My niece Aubrey and my girlfriends 1 year old Lilly on Thanksgiving

And this is Eli
My mom says "your little brother"

I guess he does have my nose.

wooooooow.....gr8 pics...whats the cam bray