[raybbr]

Sharpening is not available in the auto mode. I haven't really tried it in the manual modes. The reason I am disappointed is shown in this photo taken at 2mp and it has been reduced by 50% and compressed by a factor of 12. Nothing I have taken with the 5mp camera has ever come close to this:

[mercy]

Yes that is pretty sharp. I took it into Photoshop and blew it up to 600% and could see only very little sharpening. I's say there is definitely something wrong with the other camera. These things are supposed to produce sharp photos for the casual shooter.

You might try going into the photo shop with your own memory card and shoot a bunch of stuff with differnt cameras then take your card home and load the shots into your computer for comparison.