On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:19:14 -0400, Charlie Choc
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:10:17 GMT, "Larry L" wrote:

NOW I just want a 'good camera' to take
digital pictures for hard copy printing at a decent size and high standard )

I've got an Optio Wp I carry in my vest, and it's a handy camera but I'm not
sure the optics are up to the kind of prints you want to make. Above about 4MP
or so it's more about the optics than the sensor, and I'd look at the Nikon
Coolpix line or some of the Canon models - I think they've got the best optics
of the 'shirt pocket size' group. fwiw

FWIW, based solely on personal experience, between what I've personally
owned, as well as what friends and family have, I've not noticed a
tremendous difference in _image_ quality among the "majors" in the 4-5
MP range PnS/shirtpocket models. And while I cannot recall any
(purposeful) "high-end" prints from any of these images, everything I've
seen in the "basic" output/prints from these has been more or less the
same. So there's no confusion, what I'm saying is that we've had images
from a veritable host of PnS type/size cameras, printed many of them,
although most are viewed via various panels/monitors/frames, and I've
noticed no significant quality difference among them. Now, where I have
seen an obvious difference is comparing them to images made with either
my or my BinL's SLRs with high-end lenses with output on high-end
printers/papers, but that isn't surprising, nor, given that you don't
want an SLR, all that relevant.

TC,
R