Howdy from Arizona! Thanks for your nice comments at "Butterfly in Black and White". My camera is a 4 MP but has 6x and 13x optical zooms and a very large CCD. If you don't want the hassle of a DSLR, you might like the newer 'point and shoot' semi-SLRs w/big MPs and big optical zooms like the Fuji 9000, Canon PowerShot S3, Sony DSC, Nikon Coolpix 8700 or the Panasonic DMC's. Thanks again .... !