quidditch--If you are more comfortable with SLR cameras, you may prefer either the Olympus E-10 or E-20 cameras. The earlier model E-10 may now come down in price because the E-20 has 4 mp resolution. Both cameras allow you to view and focus through the actual lens. Both cameras allow either compact flash or SmartMedia cards. Both have excellent lenses, and they are larger than the tiny Nikon 775 and 885 cameras. Someone with large hands should also avoid the new Nikon 5000, which has its exposure meter placed in such a way that a person with large fingers could block the meter.
As a group, the Canon cameras seem to have some of the easiest to use controls, placed well on the camera, and great ease transferring to your computer or printing direct to a growing number of printers that can operate without being hooked to a computer.
I'm still using my Nikon 950 and obtaining excellent results up to 11 x 14 (but only from the full frame), helped by the use of the sharpening tool in the Adobe PhotoShop software. The main drawback is that for really good results on the 950, one should use the raw TIFF format, which causes you to wait about 25 seconds for the camera software to write an image to the flash card. During that period, the camera is immobilized. Using the highest JPEG resolution, however, eliminates the waiting period.
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