Thanks everyone, I was looking at Kodaks to be honest but I'm really being swayed towards a Canon especially as most of you replying post GORGEOUS photos of your pets!

OK.. I know I'm probably sounding really silly now but MPs? now many do I need to be looking at?

I dont own a printer but on the rare occasion I would like to print out photos but it would nessasarly be a top quality need just something that would look nice in an album, I think I was being a bit harsh on myself when I posted before I think if i sat down and studied the user guide I would be able to pick it up quite quickly.

I'm not really too bothered about movie quality because I cant see me using that as much as taking stills but I would like something that will look good with a decent close up and distance shot

so after that does anyone suggest a model to look into? Im looking on the canon site and it seriously does confuse me still Sorry to be a pain I feel less embarassed asking here than in a shop