A bigg thank you all of you for your help here. Its not an easy decision to make especially when they dont come cheap. Top of my list is the Fuji 602s It has more than enough features and a nice focal range the only unsure part is, will 3 mill pixels be enough and will it be big enough for my big hands and sausage like fingers. Bigg Jeff is off to the shops this weekend to find out. thanks again :O)

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