>I have been considering buying a digital camera - I haven't any experience with those yet. Two questions:
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>1) What are the things to watch out for? Megapixels is one feature often toutet, but it would seem to me that, given that I plan to use send many pictures by e-mail and perhaps put a few on my Web site, 5 megapixels (for example) would be an overkill, since I will have to reduce the quality anyway. What other features would be relevant?
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>2) I got an offer of BenQ camaras. Does anybody have any experience with this brand?


Evan has a good point about the shutter delay, but it's more pronounced on some cameras than others. Try it in the store if you can (and in particular try to find a nook or closet where you can try it in lower light conditions.

And if you with a digital SLR (pricey!), there's no delay at all. They behave just like a 35mm film camera. (I bought my Canon Digital Rebel precisely because I wanted a camera that acted like a camera. <g>)