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Hi Bsteph, The skinny on the s602, or any fuji super ccd camera has been debated and argued to death, and still remains rather contraversial. DPreview.com is probably the most informative place on the web to learn about it though. I use the predecssor to the s602, the 6900z which also uses a 3 megapixel super ccd yielding 6mp images. The super ccd is an chip made up of octagon sensors, as opposed to the square sensors on traditional image sensors. This means (put simply) there is more contact between actual pixels, meaning it actually gathers MORE information than a regular (3mp)square pixel camera. When the camera shoots, it actually records a 6mp image first, then scales it down to 3.1 afterwords (if you choose the 3mp setting). As far as interpolation is concerned, ALL digital cameras interpolate to obtain their images, that is, they all have to "make up" some information to arrive at a complete image. The fuji just does it differently, not necessarily more/better/worse than any other camera. "post interpolation" - using software like Qimage, or genuine fractals will work of course, but the results are not as good as the images that fuji will produce "out of camera". The actual "effective" resolution of the super ccd lies somewhere between 3 and 5. It does capture more info that most 3, but definately less than a real 5mp camera. But your best bet it to check out DP review.com and either go to the fuji forum, do a search in the forums for super ccd, and definately read the reviews. The reviews post sample images of the camera itself, and compare them to other cameras in the same range so you can judge the results for yourself. And you can check out my gallery, of which 95% was shot using the 6900z, plus my photo diary (check the link). I've had mine since february and so glad I got it. I'be tripped the shutter over 12,000 times so far and it's still going strong (please don't ask me what my success rate is though =)... hope that helps a bit, and is not too confusing. Good luck and take care.