My god its a minefield, LOL. I have been through the reviews and the Fuji comes out on top I was attracted by the longer lens on the Minolta but I see you can get a times converter taking the Fuji out to 300 mm, this is nice. Ddm you are right I think I will make a list of features and see which camera meets them. Good luck! I think I will need it. :O)

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