Digital Still Camera

Despite being convinced that a standard SLR camera with transparency film provides the best quality images at an affordable price I needed to have a digital camera for the website and articles written en-route. I needed a camera with some manual control, that was lightweight, and took AA batteries rather than lithium rechargeables. After a fair bit of research, I decided that the Canon A80 with 4.1 megapixels was the best alternative. At this stage it is working very well. The only disadvantage is probably its size. Compared to some cameras –albeit with no manual control and using rechargeable batteries- it is fairly big.