I any one is thinking of buying a digi camera I would recomend any 2 or 3 you my be interested in. Try then in a shop with the same shot particuarly with a shot which has at least a third of the frame with a gently graduated tone. Or anything like a clear sky or consistant cloud cover.
The reason I say this is that how many mega pixels is half the story, the metering and rendition of tones is the other half.
Some digi shots with sky in the backround cone out with distinct bands wher the colour ans shade appear the same so far, then the shade and tone change dramaticaly, so you end up with stripes.
The more itterations a camera can process ( the same goes for scanners and printers) the more gradual the end result will be.
My dad liked the sound of a camera from the write ups, I went to look at it in a shop (chrissy pressy) I took a shot of the shop ceiling toward the back of the shop, and tried 2 other models and asked to ender the shots on the same pc. One of the others clearly had a smother rendition of the bright ceiling near me as it faded toward the back of the shop. I went for that one.
Just as important as how many pixels.
