I know fuckall about digital cameras...

[DrGuile]

Digital zoom is useless. Optical is the only zoom that matters.

You can "digital zoom" once the picture is taken all you want, with better result, in photoshop.


Megapixel is important only if you want to print to photo paper. If it's all to stay on the computer, i'd say 4 is plenty... If it's to print, well it all depend how big you want it printed to.

Hope you get something you like.

Dont forget, if it's to carry and such, size and weight comes into play. A camera is not very usefull if you leave it home because it's too much trouble.