[Harlan Chinn]

I shoot the Nikon Cool-pix 4500. It's a 4 mega-pixel camera that has features that the most advanced amateur photographer will seldom use. It has a 4X Optical zoom and It has the ability to utilize an accessory 24mm wide angle lense, for those tight spots in small rooms or if you want to photograph an entire car and not have to stand so far away. I like the camera's articulating lense allowing for shooting pictures out of the sunroof or out the driver's window while driving. The macro capabilities of this camera are among the best in of the digital cameras allowing the 4500 to focus up to 3/4" away. I have two of the Lithium-ion battery packs as like all digital cameras the power consumption is pretty intense.
This camera takes compact flash memory cards which I keep a couple 256k and a half dozen 128k cards. It's best to see as many of these camera's as possible to see how they operate and evaluate what works best with what you want to achieve with your digital camera.