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More optical zoom = good.
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Good point. Although, unless you have a steady hand or some sort of surface or tripod to put the camera on, getting closer is better if possible.
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More megapixels = not necessarily good, but more will allow bigger prints
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Good point, and one camera manufacturers tend to ignore. We have an old Powershot G3 that, while only 4MP, produces far better pictures than some of the cheaper 7 MP cameras I have seen, purely because it has better optics. Although it isn't a patch on the EOS 300Ds we also have at work.
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SD cards are cheaper than xD cards, a bit. Do your research before you buy.
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Good point.
Does camera come with rechargable batts and charger? Regular batts won't last 5 mins.
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Alkaline batteries actually last quite a while (admittedly, not as long as a rechargable), but they also have the advantage that if they die, you can usually just pop into a store and buy more.
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How does camera feel to hold?
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Another good point. We have one of the first generation powershots at work (2 megapixel and nearly ten years old). It's a wierd looking (and actually extremely ugly) camera, but is extremely easy to hold steady while taking shots (really needs two hands though).
I personally find a lot of the smaller cameras a little difficult to hold comfortably.
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What software does camera come with?
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Another good point. Although XP can directly import images from most cameras, and most of them now support some sort of picture transfer over USB standard (such as PictBridge) so you can use software such as
Picasa to import, manage, edit and print your photos.