A Nikon Coolpix 990 meets all your needs and should be pretty cheap on E-bay. Fred -- "James B. Davis" <jbdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I want to buy a digital camera for my wife. I don't need lots of megapixels. Likely I will buy a used camera, mostly it's for shooting her auction stuff and for her webpages. The camera must focus close. The camera must be able to turn off the flash. The camera must be able to under or over expose. I was thinking of a used Canon G2, anyone have any other choice? We want to keep the price down but likely with manual controls we'd have to get a bit more than a basic model. Does the IXY satisfy the above requirements? I always liked those little cameras but I don't know much about them. Thanks in advance for any help on this one. -- Jim Davis, Nature Photography, http://easternbeaver.com/ Motorcycle Relay Kits