the post below was mainly thinking out loud. I'm not that insecure, really.

I'm beginning to think about the purchase of a digital camera. Just at the "thinking" stage right now, I know really nothing about these things and want to buy the best one for my purposes. I need pretty high resolution and a camera that can photograph small things close-up (like flowers) without going all blurry. Or without mucking up the colors, although I don't know how much of that is a camera issue and how much of that is a printing/display issue.

I also want one that's a fairly "standard" brand, and ideally one available at a place like Best Buy or Office Depot or a good electronics department of a department store. I'd much rather buy the camera "in person" so I have a place to easily return it to if it's defective, and I also don't like buying something that expensive and either trusting UPS will bring it when I'm home (and not just bung it over the fence into the backyard or hand the package to my untrustworthy neighbors) or doing the whole send-it-to-my-department dance.

I'm guessing more megapixels = better resolution. Email me if you're familiar with digicams and have any more input. I looked at a Sony Mavica at the Wal-Mart (2 megapixels) but have heard that there are 4 megapixel cameras out there...