Maralyn, Sorry to reply so late in the thread. Have your friend look at the new Nikon CoolPix 3700. It is only 3 mega pixs but it has no noticable shutter lag. I recently shot some dance pictures with my daughters 3700 and it was the same as using a conventional film point and shoot camera. I captured exactlly the the image I saw through the finder as the dancers twirled about. (Polka) Walter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Zinn" <azinn@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:42 AM > Subject: Re: digital cameras >