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This is important because a good focal length for portrait work is a 100mm focal length (2x tele).

2. Unless you want a pocket camera to have with you at all times, at least get one with a hot shoe so you can use a separate flash. The tiny things that are marketed as flash on most digitals are a marketing gimmick only.]]>Jul 9th 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/07/09/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-digital-camera-2/http://www.switched.com/2008/07/09/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-digital-camera-2/ Value for value, the leicaLenses and Panasonic euip give a good buy...and this camera is about 50% less in cost than the one purchased.]]>Jul 9th 2008 2:17PM