Another thing....don't get caught in the whole megapixel advertising scam. An 8 megapixel image is huge and many people haven't the computer power or resources to handle those large size images appropriately or effectively. The 8 megapixel image won't necessarily be any sharper than a properly shot and exposed 3-4 or 5 megapixel one - rather it will give you more of an opportunity to crop the image (in a sense: digitally zoom in on a certain part of the image). So just be aware that a 3-4 Megapixel camera can take excellent and sharp images depending on your skill - yeilding excellent print sizes up to 8x10. I'ld view the 8 megapixel cameras more like a medium format system and unless you have the need or desire to print A2 or poster sized prints or need the extra pixels for image cropping you'ld have more fun and more photos with a 3-5 megapixel camera.