[Rick Parker]

There are obviously many choices and they are changing constantly. My son who at the time worked at Circuit City steered my wife to the Olympus C700 as a gift for me (bless her heart). We have had it almost 2 years. 2.1 Megapixel seems low by comparison to some of the others however the 10X Optical Zoom lens has to be experienced to understand how clear and sharp the pictures are. Allow me to explain:
I took this on a week long fishing vacation last year and had a couple of guys with me that spend a lot of time on the water, one is a guide and the other fishes over 200 days a year all over the world. I took pictures of these guys holding trophy fish from at least 80-100 yards away (across the Rogue River) and you would swear they were right in front of you.
Now understand I am by no means a photography pro but each of these guys each had other digitals on the trip, kept remarking numerous times as we downloaded pictures nightly as to the quality and clarity of the pictures. Within the past year they both bought the newer version of the camera, I think the Megapixel count is up around 3.0 ??
I just have their verbal responses at the time and actions later to base my claims upon. Good luck.

Rick