[quote name='rrevolverocelott']3.2 Megapixels isn't really enough...[/QUOTE]
, yes it is. Why does everyone fall into the megapixel hype?
I can bet you that my old PowerShot A60 2 megapixel can produce better looking prints than your Kodak/Samsung/Pentax/Nikon/Olympus 6 megapixel camera. I'm not talking Digital SLR's here, I'm talking consumer digital cameras, anything under $299, bring it to the table, NO touch ups, RAW JPG's [and half of the cameras you bring me can't even push out raw files] and printed on the same printer, my A60 [2 Megapixels ONLY] will kick it to hell and back
Likewise, if you tried going up against a 3.2 or 4.1 megapixel canon, you'd still end up losing, even worse if it's 5 or 6...so if you say 3.2 megapixel isn't enough, I dare you, go on ebay or ask around online, buy yourself a 510 or even a 520 with a good memory card, and put them on your PC raw and print them at a kiosk or with your photo printer, you won't look back...
The only time I ever sell my cameras is to get a newer one, but the brand never changes, not even the look of the camera, right now I'm still with the 510 because I honestly see -no- difference when printing 4x6 and 8x10, and online..for stuff like ebay or messageboards, I have to downsize anyways.
and on top of that, if you're serious about taking pictures but aren't quite professional yet, there's no reason why you wouldn't buy a Powershot A series. it comes to this, i was contemplating taking a photography class and before enrolling [i ended up not going] i asked the professor what kind of camera I needed, out of sheer curiousity I asked him to take a look at my 510, to play around with the manual mode and read up on the lenses you could adapt to it, after about a day he came to the conclusion that the manual mode had enough depth that it could be used for traditional photography, and that he was surprised a consumer, easy to use camera could use lenses that you would use on professional cameras
so if you have the money, you can start doing panaromas, super close ups, wide angles, and stills just by buying additional lenses, it's super easy to switch them out.
i haven't talked about the menu either, you try to find a better on board menu, the 5 and 6 series powershots have pretty much the same menu, the browsing of pictures is excellent, you can view as thumbnails, one by one, automated slide shows, you can pan and scan on pictures, you can zoom in on pictures
and i didn't even mention the power shot's movie mode, quite possibly the best movie mode on a camera, the recording sound and picture is amazing, and with the right memory card you can produce some LONG videos.
let's not get into battery life and durability either, you try to find a camera that can take 1000 pictures and run for days on 2 AA batteries, you try to find a camera that can take a 6 foot fall and still work perfectly, you try to find a camera that's not all plastic and actually has a non plastic lens...you won't find it.
now don't think canon solves it all, don't waste your money on the S line or the elphs, the A series is where it's at. while other cameras attempt to produce great pictures through cheap tricks like interpolation, misleading digital zooms, and automated touch ups, in the end you're getting less than decent pictures and it shows on screen and on print. i have to say if anything, the Canon's win out by sheer authenticity of saturation and lighting, unless you're in extreme lighting conditions, rarely will a human subject white out behind the flash or look a lot darker or be pushing his skin tones [red, greens, or yellows..] and i haven't seen ONE landscape or object picture that doesn't come out absolutely flawless
