29-Jun-2004, 12:44 PM
Martin, I`m using a Fuji A204 which I picked up at Dixon`s. It only has 2 million pixels, and when I asked the "expert" at Dixon`s he asked if I was intending printing up to poster size. Negative! So leave it at 2.0 mill pixels. My printer is an Epson 44 at A4 size and I get very high resolution prints from it, using either U-lead Photo Express or Photo Shop 7. My advice is keep it simple, but make sure that you have Protection available in case you get "finger trouble" - I learned this at some cost of lost images which were not replaceable. Cameras use all sorts of storage cards and generally come with a 16mb card, these are going out of fashion in favour of 32mb and 64mb, but you pay the price. The Fuji does varying lengths of video footage, which I`ve only used once. I have a Canon Ixus APS camrea which is good, and get photos to disc from Max Spielman chain of shops, these can be handled the same way as digitals on Photoshop for enhancement and touching up, getting rid of "red eye" etc. Best of luck in your search, choose wisely. W.R.