I'm very happy with my Sony and I can get about 30 pictures on a disk.........
I didn't mean to come down hard on your choise of cameras, as a matter of fact I looked very hard at buying one at one time. My sister has one and yes it does do a great job of fun fast photos. The author wanted to know about point and shoot cameras and the Sony was just that (as my old Fuji was). But the fact was/is that the storage capicity of a floopy disk is limited. Getting 30 pictures on one disk means the average jpeg size is 47kb per picture. Then if you want to mess with it with a photo editor, you have to be careful. Now there is an disadvantage to more pixal quality, it makes HUGE photos that have to be resized to email and resized to view so it doesn't take two screen area to see it. So there is more work to be done to email pictures that are larger jpg/kb/mb size. Any good photoeditor program can do it for you (usually included with new camera purchase) but that is a step some people perfer not to deal with. I have gotten fast with the ole photo editors but still it is time consuming with alot of pictures.
You mentioned asking ValeriaUSA and I must admit to having a small chat (limited due to it was late) and she is a much better expert in the field than myself. Her photos are exquesive to say the least. I am not sure she uses a point and shoot camera much anymore though. Her closeup photos are hard to do with a P&S camera (you can use a high resolution camera and just clip the up-close section if need be though).
Here is an example of what happens if you get too large a jpg and try and send it via email. ----->
Click "HERE" for a oversized 142kb jpg that needs to be resized to email
