Nemisis, I have had great results with the Olympus D-340R. It cost around $300 and shoots at a little over 1200 by 900 pixels. A very solid and useful camera. Now you can buy 8 mg flash cards for about $20. They hold about 36 High Quality shots. You can also use uncompressed mode and get around 2 shots but i have not used this. Someone gave us a Battery Master CL444 by Clearline Concepts that will charge standard off-the-shelf AA batts dozens of times--no need for expensive special re-chargeables. I don't know where this is available tho. You will find the digital camera frees you from the thought of conserving film costs. It is really fun and productive! Siva