Re: Digital Camera Question
Definitely look at shutter lag. This is the biggest problem with digital cameras. It takes much longer to "take" the picture from the time you press the button than a film camera. You can compensate by half-pressing the button to focus and then fully pressing when the subject is ready, but if you are photographing anything in motion (like kids) shutter lag is a nightmare.
Also - quality of lens is much more important than a more megapixels. I have an excellent Sony 3.2 MP camera that is 5 years old. It takes great pictures and blows up to 8x10 nicely. Anything more than 5 or 6 is not really useful unless you intend to heavily crop and enlarge.
- 4High - second the question above. If you really want to get into photography, a point and shoot isn't going to get you very far. The difference between a new one and an old one probably isn't that great. I'd save up for a more serious camera. If there isn't anything wrong with what you've got, I'd keep it until there was a missing feature that I really needed.
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