Here's where you get the free Irfanview see link - http://www.irfanview.com/ (By the way, I "found" these tips by following a thread on the Computer Forum, then branching out from there -- http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/comphelp/msg0721574114727.html?10 Here is a link that might be useful: the inspiration for this search -Irfanview -- works well

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Cathy, I would like to offer one word of advice. You stated that you don't shoot landscapes and such, which is fine, but I would strongly advise you get a camera that will handle all of your immediate needs but still offer the versatility to branch out into other areas. Once you start shooting digital with reusable memory cards and rechargeable batteries you will instantly realize that you no longer have to concern yourself with the high cost of film and processing, and you will be free to shoot more. In fact, you might find that digital photography can quickly become addictive..LOL. Now in regard to the choice between Pentax and Nikon, for me it was a no brainer. I began shooting Pentax SLR film cameras in 1968 and over the years I have amassed a collection of 5 Pentax SLR film cameras, 41 Pentax lenses, and not to mention a bellows and a long list of other items. I can still use all of those lenses with my 3 Pentax digital bodies, allowing of course that when using the older lenses you are limited to the features that are built into the lens. By example, when using the old M42 screw mount lenses I must operate in full manual mode and manual focus lenses are still manual focus on the digital camera, but here again, Pentax developed the first auto focus camera and they made a full line of auto focus lenses for the auto focus film cameras that are fully compatible in auto focus mode on the digital body. With that in mind there are some super bargains on high quality used lenses that work fine on the Pentax digital bodies. The only caution is be very careful of third party aftermarket lenses that are made with the Pentax mount. There is something different about some of those mounts and there has been instances when one of those lenses is attached to a digital body it will not come off again. On the other hand, they also make an adapter that allows the use of the older Pentax M42 screw mount lenses on both Nikon & Canon digital bodies.

Circuit City currently has a nice Samsung 7.2mp camera on sale for $75 with a free printer. Most people do not need all the bells and whistles, as others have pointed out, but the Samsung has a nice collection of features. You actually don't need super-high megapixels if you're not going to make big enlargements, do heavy cropping (like taking only 10% of a picture and blowing it up), or take really, really tight closeups, and very high resolution does chew up the camera's memory and hard-drive space... higher megapixels does not necessarily equate to a better camera. I have a Kodak Easyshare camera and like it very much - it has stood up to quite a bit of abuse like getting dropped, left in the freezing or roasting car, etc. Five years old and operates just as well as the day it was purchased. (It skews a tad to the pink on occasion but if I weren't so dang lazy I could correct that easily, and it has been fixed in later models.) It is a 3.1MP camera and still takes perfectly presentable pictures for my needs - photo sharing here, family/pets snapshots, that sort of thing. Circuit City has the current 7MP model for $100 with a free printer; Best Buy has it for $100 with no printer. Some people really like having the photo printer, we never even used up the supplied package of paper that came with ours and ended up giving it away. If I need hardcopy prints I go to somewhere like CVS or Walgreens for them, since they frequently have coupons for free prints, and get good 4x6 and even 5x7s out of my sorry ole 3.1 even with moderate cropping. ;-) A pawnshop is another place to get a cheap, used digital camera, and you'll be able to get your hands on it before you purchase to make sure it works.