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The nice thing about digital cameras is that you can try them out at the store and see some level of immediate results. Using the camera for MR is somewhat of a specialized use (e.g., closeup capabilities may be more important than fast action shots). Most of the cameras mentioned are higher end. It is possible now to get less expensive 5 megapixel cameras for around $300. Some of the discriminators are the quality of the fixed lens and whether the camera has both digital and physical zoom capabilities. A time lag may not be a big issue if you are only shooting fixed scenes. Setting up a digital camera for quality shots is different than a SLR standard film carmera. PC magazine has excellent articles in their archives about this (e.g., setting white point). There are both expensive (e.g, Photoshop) and inexpensive applications (e.g., Picasa2 (free from Google)) for working with and cataloging digital images. Another factor to consider is how you are going to publi***he photos - printing on inkjet or color laser printers and/or publishing on the web. If you are publishing on the web, high megapixel cameras are overkill. Quality web photos can be generated with even 3 or 4 megapixel cameras. If you have a laptop computer I'd take it to the camera store when you look at cameras. The picture may look different on the laptop screen than on the small camera display. A lot of lighting issues can be overcome with the image manipulation applications. The one big advantage the high end digital cameras with separate lenses have is better control over depth of field.
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