<< Digital > cameras can be slow to boot up and slow from the time you click until > the picture is taken. It seems to be part of the way they work.>> it's so much better now. one of my major issues was the shot to shot time since i'm often shooting quickly wiht my kids or at births.... <<It's not so much the number of pixels you probably want as the Zoom > ability. You'll need BOTH a digital and an optical zoom to get closeup > quality and short focal length>> ime, digital zoom is worthless and very negatively affects pic quality. if there is a macro setting it's much better then relying on zoom. my camera can shoot up to something like 4 or 5 inches away for macro shots. the issue of blowing up shots is a huge issue.....if you're trying to blow up shots personally i'd do nothing less than 5 mp and absolutely not rely at all on digital zoom....it'll be blurry. katherine in atl *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html