My automatic camera.

I guess the question to ask yourself would be... how large are the prints you want to make? If you are only making prints about 16x20 and below, 5 megapixels will suit you just fine. Even larger than that actually. The thing is, a lot of cameras have a lot of megapixels, with no quality to the megapixels. I had a great 2 megapixel camera that easily printed nice 4x6s, nice 5x7s, and 8x10s that were pretty decent (better than my parent's wedding pictures). But it was a Nikon camera. And back in it's day, it cost $700. When other cameras came out that were 5 megapixels, I stuck with my camera because the quality of those 5 megapixels on the cameras I could afford was absolutely horrible. The way one of my photographer friends puts it is... if you aren't going to print a billboard or some huge poster, you don't need 10 megapixels. And if you can't afford 10 megapixels and you get them anyway, what good is a camera going to be that shoots at 10 megapixels but has a plastic lens or something? On the other hand, having 10 megapixels can be useful for stock photography sometimes. I'm still leaning towards the Nikon D80, but not for the megapixels. If the D50 or D70 were still out, I'd go for that. The D40 just doesn't impress me. I am kind of sad that I missed out on the D70 and D50, so now I have to spend more and get the D80. I don't want a used camera.

Thank you! That was extremely helpful. I guess a smaller pixel size won't be that much worse. I may have missed my chance on one to though. Hopefully the 8 mega pixel will stay around a little longer. I wouldn't want anything but an SLR though. I love them. I was so excited to get the one I got cause of that reason. I know what you mean too about buying a used camera. I might would get an older film camera but nothing to use all the time.

I really like changing my lenses. I love close up shots and taking pics from far away. I love that part of my camera. I'm really worried about print quality with less pixels. I've seen some pics that looked great on the computer but like crap when they were printed.

Thanks I'll check that out!

Thank you!

No it's my camera. I've got a great eye. I take great photos...trust me. It's just in these certian cirmcumstances my camera doesn't do what I'd like it to do. I already said that I bracket...a lot...it's just my camera will not let me control f-stops, aperture and so forth to get the affect I desiree. I have very limited control on what I can do with it. This is the camera I want: Canon Rebel XTi SLR Digital Camera w/EF-S. I checked out some reviews on it. Like you said...just got to save the money...

You did sound frustrated by your comments, there no such thing as a perfect photo. You can't afford a digital one right now just go to B&H Camera and look for another cheap camera-not too cheap. I bet you can find a body $50-100. If you are in NYC go to the store find one. Check out ebay,

Don't live in NYC and I don't want to waste money on another camera. I've dealt with this one this long - I'll just hold out. But thanks for the help.

See that's the thing. I don't want to buy one until I can get the one I want. That's why I don't own a digital now. Here's the one I want: Canon Rebel XTi SLR Digital Camera w/EF-S. I'm also learning about aperture and shutter speed through The New York Insitute of Photograpy - but my current camera will not let me control them.

Huh?

What?