Recommendations for a digital camera?

[Renee Brown]

Michelle, Saturday I spent an hour with the owner of a large camera store who specializes in studio lighting. I bought the 40" photographic umbrella, 250 watt tungsten bulbs, 160T portrait film and the umbrella has an attachment to place a fill light in on my light stands.

While I was there he showed me the Olympus c-700 digital camera. It retails at $600. It has a 27x digital zoom and 10x optical zoom!! He said it's , in his opinion, the best digital on the market. So, I thought well, okay I'll save up for it.

Last night while browsing the digital cameras on E-Bay, who do you think was in the final 4 minutes of auctioning off the same camera? The store's competitor ( two blocks away from each other). I know how reputable the store doing the auction is and so I placed a bid with 2 minutes to go and won the camera! I got it for $100. less than retail plus I can even pick it up- no shipping. I know the store will always back up the sale, since I have had great dealings with them in the past. One camera down and a new printer to go. It's going to be the epson 1280.

Renee