"David J Taylor" wrote in message ...
Lukas Varossieau wrote:
"Bill H." wrote in message
...

I realized that, for the photography I do, 8 mp was not necessary.

The extra resolution will always be handy for cropping purposes.

The FZ20 has a much longer zoom and is easier to find. .

Go for the Olympus Camedia C-8080. It out performs all other 8
megapixel ZLR type cameras. It is the best ZLR.

However, it lacks the image stabilisation present in the FZ20.

You were the group creator, yes? Perhaps you should have named the
group

rec.photo.digital.zlr-with-is or
rec.photo.digital.fz20-is-the-only-good-zlr

Seriously if you want to attract new participants you shouldn't be
putting down their cameras.

My tests
have shown that the FZ20 equalsa or perhaps even beats the image "quality"
producesd by the Minolta A2 in JPEG mode.

The Minolta A2 is the bottom of the 8 megapixel ZLR heap. No
comparison to the Olympus.