On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:16:19 GMT, Mark wrote:

"Daniel Silevitch" wrote in message
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On 5 Dec 2005 11:18:52 -0800,
wrote:
Thanks Daniel so much for your reply, and all the added information and
insight. It really helps.

My pleasure.

One thought that just occurred to me is that if you really want a 10/12x
stabilized zoom at the $300 price point, see if you can find a Canon
S1 IS or Panasonic FZ3. These are last year's models (3 MP instead of
5), and may be somewhat harder to find.

-dms

My wife uses an S1 IS and I'm not terribly impressed with the quality of the
photos--seem to be awfully blurry compared to the Sony (Cybershot P72 I
think) she replaced.

Any thoughts on why the photo quality is so poor? Thanks

I've never actually used an S1, so can't really help here. Some problem
with the autofocus, perhaps?

-dms