If $500 will do.......

[Grice]

what is better for 5x7 pictures? 3.2 MP with 3x zoom or 2 MP with 10x zoom???

 

[genec]

Just my opinion but: more pixels are better. You can do almost anything else with a photo editing program.

 

[downhiller80]

First of all ignore ANY figures for "digital zoom". This is no different to resizing in photoshop and is *UTTERLY* pointless.

2 MP is easily enough to get a very good 5" x 7" print from, in fact it's just enough to get a good 8"x10" print, providing you don't crop the image beforehand.

My choice would be the 3.2MP with 3x zoom, 10x zoom is more than you're likely to need, and virtually all photography (aside form landscapes I guess) is improved by getting closer to your subject. 10x will result in very boring pictures lacking perspective.

- seb

 

[stonecold3169]

I'm assuming that the 2mp with 10x zoom was the Olympus c-700? I was wondering about it myself, I just sold my old digital cam, and the c-700 just resembles a REAL camera more then others I've seen. When I was in Europe there were many times when getting closer to the subject just wasn't possible. I had a 6x optical zoom, and I was glad for every inch closer I could get.