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[James Dasher <jdasher AT ibiblio.org>]

I just got a Sony DSC P32 - I think they stopped making it, and only 
make the -52 and -72, and perhaps a -92.  At any rate, it's a compact 
camera that shoots up to 3.2 megapixels.  Size only matters depending 
on how you want to use it.  (Yes, go ahead and have fun with that 
sentence....)

To print anything larger than a 6x4, or *maybe* a 5x7, you need to 
shoot multiple megapixels.  For a primer on how DPI and pixel counts 
relate to image size and resolution, you could STFW.  (I mean that in 
the nicest sense.  Truly, if you need some links, I have a few to some 
*very* useful sites stored somewhere, and would be happy to hunt them 
down.)

If you want more than your basic point-and-shoot with minimal zoon, I'd 
recommend saving your pennies and buying a digital body that will work 
with your SLR lenses - a Canon (the new Digital Rebel is now under 
$1000) if you use Canon/Sigma lenses, a Nikon for the Nikon/Nikkor (the 
Nikon body is tres expensive, IIRC), etc.

A caveat: Flash memory is fast approaching its limits (well, if by 
"fast" you mean "in the next 2-to-4 years").  I'm in something of a 
quandry, since I have a Canon SLR and multiple lenses, but Canon uses 
Flash.

If you really want more details, I can go on at length.  I worked for a 
couple months at a camera store over Christmas, so I've refamiliarized 
myself with all this stuff.  Of course, this is INW, so I'm laying very 
long odds that nobody knows more than I do.

Perhaps this message will spark the next contribution.