Unfortunately, I am not at all a professional, but I am interested in purchasing a digital camera that will allow me to print good (without pixels showing) 8x10 portraits. I have been using an Olympus D600L with SmartMedia cards, so I'd like to stick with an Olympus camera. I expect to use the camera mostly in autofocus mode. I've loved my D600L except for two areas. First, although it produces very good 4x6 photos, they don't enlarge well using Photoshop, even with Genuine Fractals. Second, the D600L takes a long time to process its pictures, and I often lose a picture I want to take while I'm waiting for the green focus light to steady. I've been considering the 2020Z, but would it make a big difference if I went for the newer 3030Z. In other words, is it worth the extra $260 to go for the 3030Z if all I want is good eight by ten portraits? Thanks so much

-- l (lhess@interport.net), April 21, 2000