Digital Photos Even a Miser Can Enjoy - New York Times:

Twelve manufacturers entered this fifth annual
camera cook-off. Each submitted the one sub-$300 camera (online price)
that it felt took the best pictures.

Several trends emerged. Picture quality continues to improve every
year, and the megapixel race continues apace; this year, five- and
six-megapixel cameras are standard. (More megapixels permit bigger
enlargements and more room to crop, but do not affect photo quality.)

Today, I bought an issue of Stone Soup Magazine as a present for a bright and energetic eight-year old girl. I'm glad for an ad in the New York Review of Books that prompted me into looking at a magazine that I had never heard of before a couple of days ago.