Spend some time at www.dpreview.com and all your questions about digicams will be answered. Many sample photos are available for download.
Yes, the zooming action of many digicams is too slow for me also, but there's not a lot of options below the level of the Nikon and Canon SLR-type digicams. For what it's worth, Pentax at this time does not offer a really good digital camera. The Pentax 330 and 430 are very cute little P&S cameras for those who shoot occasionally, but they are not serious tools for general photography by any stretch of the magination. -- John Mustarde - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

