Try the Minolta DiMAGE 7/7i/7Hi series

Excellent lens. I had 1 of each - kept upgrading. I have many fine 11x17 prints from these cameras. Finally sold them when I went to the 10D.

All the 3 models have the same sensor and lens, just more features at each step.

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Dan

If those are your requirements I think it would be a lot less expensive to go with something like an Olympus C-4000, a Minolta S-414, or a maybe Canon A-70.  That's assuming you want manual exposure control, and aren't worried about shooting in RAW.

Hi!

Don't want/can't afford a DSLR yet, but want to get my feet wet in digiland. Two questions: can the current 5MP "prosumer" digicams (G5, CP-5400, C-5050Z) really deliver HQ 8x10 and 11x14, and are they usable at their higher ISO settings (200-400)?

I am looking to replace my "knock-around" camera, an Olympus Stylus Zoom (original). That was a pretty fine camera IMHO, but has now developed an insoluble light leak

TIA
Les

Do you have a SLR 35mm film camera?  If so what brand?  If Nikon then I would suggest the Nikon Coolpix 5700 because the files it creates are the same as its bigger brothers D1X/100

If Canon then I would favor the PowerShot G5.

If something else or no SLR 35mm then pick a Nikon or Canon for future consistency

I like the features offered by the "upper-end" models, like the C-5050Z, such as very close focus, RAW format ('tho the Nikon 5400 doesn't have this yet) and fast lenses. I am just a bit leery of the higher ISOs though, because I have heard fairly universal opinion that alleges "consumer digicams have poor performance above ISO 100".

Les