Tom, all of the above info is great. I bought a Nikon Digital following the Lugerfest at Ralphs. Dan Clemmons, a forum member showed me the one he had there and I fell in love with it, I can just drop that little thing in my pocket and it goes everywhere with me. It takes 161 pictures on the VGA setting which is what I use for e-mailing and posting here and on the Clubphoto site. It has an eguivalent 1200x1600 resolution camparing it to a scanner. Prices vary wildly, with Amazon having it for a low of $299. Check it out here
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp775/
http://www.digital-camerastore.com/nikoncoolpix775.htm
It does every thing I want it to, and then some, drawback--it is fully automatic, no manual operation.