Olympus D390, d560, or Stylus 300??

[garman]

I'm going to buy another pocket digital.

I've been using a D380 and really like it... but it's being used elsewhere right now.

More resolution would be very nice (I think), but isn't a requirement. (How much diff does 1 mega pixel make?)

I'm torn between the D390, the D560, and the Stylus 300. I would like the 300, but it is double the price of the D390 and about $60 more than the D560. The D560 has the higer resolution like the Stylus 300... But is it worth it?

The Stylus 300 is also slightly smaller than the D560, and supposedly water resistant (??). But the D390 is small as well!!!

Arrrrgggggg!!!!!!!!

Please give me some recommendations!!!!

chad

 

[Stu]

I have seen some pictures taken with the 300 and were very good for a point and shoot camera. Pictures were very detailed. Of the three camera mentioned I would go with the 300. It is water resistant also.

 

[AnnieAK]

I think it's worth it to go to the 3 Megapixel range (as opposed to the 2 MP cameras). With all these cameras, you only have 3X optical zoom, so anything very far away just looks like a dot. With that extra megapixel, you can either use the in-camera digital zoom or crop the picture in an editing program get more of a close-up that way. I've done that on a lot of my pics with my Oly C3000. If there's a chance you'll ever want to enlarge any of these pics, I think that 50% increase in pixels from 2 M to 3M is worth it!