Definitely do a search.
Media is irrelevant, it very rarely goes bad, so once you have it, you're keeping it. I've taken about 5,000 pics with my Toshiba M60, great camera, and it takes SmartMedia. The flash is a little weak, but it's not a huge problem.
Smoe things to look for are the battery type, some are camera specific and can cost up to $80, mine takes AA rechargeables.
Battery life, some cameras can take only 50 pics until the battery has to be replaced or recharged. Mine can take 200 with the flash or 400 without. Having a separate viewfinder from the LCD is important as it takes a lot of energy to run the LCD.
Definitely optical zoom over digital. Digital is just about worthless.
Larger size. You can always scale down, never up, so a 2.1 is better in that regard than a 1.3.
Downloading. Mine uses USB, and it takes about 4 seconds to download a 1Mb picture and less than a second on the smallest resolution (896x600).
JEEPN
Winter Harbor, Maine
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