"Deep Reset" wrote in message
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*and* a newsgroup.

To answer the *direct* question posed, my answer would be "go for the
biggest pixels you can get".

Sorry, for half-finished answer and replying to my own post - and the
biggest lens.

Deep.

Maurice Hood wrote:
Off topic but I can not find a site for photography.
Intend to buy a new digital camera,
question is 1. buy the maximum pixels and ignore the optical zoom or
2. go for the average pixels with the maximum zoom.
Any opinions?


In my view more pixels give your better quality, print size for print
size. Greater zoom gives you more flexibility in composing. In practice
I have found that I wish I had a wider angle lens. Pictures of groups
indoors, indoor architecture and the like can be difficult to fit into
the frame.
Optical zoom is OK but be careful about the marketing spel, the total
'zoom' quoted may be for a digitally enlarged image. You can do this
better, with more control on a pc.
A high zoom sounds great, but how often will you us it? Whereas you are
getting the advantages of more pixels with every picture you take.
I would choose 3 megapixels upwards according to price and accept
whatever zoom comes with it.