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Nah, it's that the camera is that small, which is what I personally didn't like about it, but sounds perfect here.

IMO, the 4-5MP cameras are overkill in many different arenas. All too often, people just try to get the most MP for their money, resulting in huge 5mp pictures that are garbage, luckily you seem to be on a different track.

One of my buddies picked up an Olympus C-740 on my reccomendation about a month ago. Phenominal pictures, although physically a bit large for your taste. I have two digitals and it really is the way to go, it's more money in the end, but if I am at the beach and someone steals the less-expensive one it isn't so bad.

Canon makes some really nice cameras in the Powershot series as you have found out, I don't think you can really go wrong.

HTH,
Pete

That's what I got:

â?¢ 4x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom Lens
The powerful Olympus 4x wide-angle optical/3.5 digital zoom lens (14x total seamless) lets you capture more of the scene with incredibly detailed and colorful results. The optical focal length is equal to 27mm - 110mm on a 35mm camera
â?¢ 5.1 Megapixel CCD
Produce clear and sharp images at print sizes of up to 16x20", or crop your images while preserving all of the detail.
â?¢ Fast Processing Speed
Increased processing speed means less waiting, more picture-taking, and faster sequential shooting - camera start-up time and shutter delay have also been greatly reduced
â?¢ High-speed Sequential Shooting
You'll never miss a shot with the high-speed, 3 fps burst
â?¢ Fully Adjustable LCD Monitor
The multi-position LCD allows photographers to swivel the LCD in several directions to capture shots at almost any angle, and helps you frame hard to shots with the greatest of ease
â?¢ PictBridge Compatible
PictBridge technology means you can connect the C-5060 to any PictBridge-enabled printer via a USB cable, use the C-5060's LCD as your printing menu, and print incredibly clear, detailed and colorful prints without a computer
â?¢ Auto-Connect USB
Connect the C-5060 to your computer via USB and transfer images directly with Auto-Connect USB technology, no software necessary
â?¢ TruePic Technology
Uses all the pixels all the time for smoother, clearer, and more accurate results at any resolution
â?¢ Dual Media Card Slots
Compatible with xD-Picture Cards and CompactFlash (type I & II) Cards


I didn't have any time to take any pix yet; hopefully will do it after the finals. Since I used to be a professional photographer years ago, my primarily concern was not the # of pixels - that too of course - but the lens. That's almost the only camera that offers stock (not converted) wide angle 27mm equivalent lens, which is more than useful for space-limiting car interiors, etc.

I just got a FujiFilm S5000. It's a mini-SLR. It can simulate 400speed film, 800 speed film, take black and white pics. 10x optical zoom, 2x digital zoom. It uses xD-Picture memory. 6MP recorded, 3MP actual. It will do movies. Very nice camera for the price. electricsam.com has a kit for around 400. The camera itself is less than $300 from electricsam.com.

--Matt

anything over 4mp is overkill...i had and olyumpus and it was great but now i have the casio exlim which is the size of a credit card and takes great pics with 3mp..
also starts convo's with women all the time and the best part is that it takes pic within .1 secs. Most dig cams take a longgggggggggg time....i def recomend the exlim 8)