[Boddie]

I agree with Helen - digital zoom is, in many cases, terrible and you need an extremely steady hand. Also bear in mind that unless you want to blow your pictures up to A3 size you don't need much more than 3 mega. Every photo on here has been 'downsized' as few sites would accomodate that big a file. If I use all my 8 mega and wish to view the photo 1:1 on a monitor I can get about an eighth on the screen at a time. My advice - go low mega and opt for a good lens option.