----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dayton" Subject: Re[2]: Faces to names...
> I tried SLR's for my girls - now 14 & 16. The cost of film/processing > was killing me. They were very willing to shoot all the film I would > give them. Most of it very exploratory. Since getting them digital > P&S's, they have had much more fun learning and exploring and I have > had much more fun not paying for lot's of silly shots. The bottom end > Optio (whatever that is now) would be more than adequate. One > daughter has a Canon A10 (1.3MP) and the other has an Optio 230 (2MP). > You can get a reasonable 5X7 out of either camera. They shoot to > their heart's content. You win all the way around. A word of warning on the Canon A series P&S digitals: Every one of them that I have seen has serious aliasing problems. Same for the Panasonic 3.2mp camera. I haven't seen anything identified as being off an Optio, so I can't say whether they are good or bad in this regard. William Robb
