I just got my daughter a Kodak EasyShare Z1275 w/ 12mega pixels and 5opti zoom....it seems to take REALLY REALLY good pictures!
I have an older Fuji FinePix S700 series camera and it truly rivals my MIL Canon! I checked on one camera review site (sorry, can't remember which one it was), but the main guy said it wasn't a good camera...but it had tons of reviews from people w/ that camera and they were all raving about it!
AND you can get lens attachments for it too!
In fact, I just had some pictures printed off my card at Wal-Mart the other day and they made me fill out a huge copyright form because they thought the pictures were taken by a professional....I told them that it took me about 50 pictures to get a few good ones...which is the case w/ any camera you have when you are trying to take posed pictures of dogs.
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