03-20-2009, 05:57 AM
I think the biggest shortcoming in most cameras these days is that they come without a wide angle lens (i.e. 28mm equiv or shorter) rather than too little telephoto. A wide angle is generally of much more utility than a telephoto. Besides, the lack of telephoto magnification can usually be made up for with cropping, given the massive pixel counts of recent cameras. The lack of a wide angle cannot be made up for at all. Be sure you get a cam that goes at least down to 28mm, no matter what the long end of the range is.