Merkin's answer is good. Memory cards are cheaper than laptops and you can carry a spare or 2 in your pocket. Laptops have other advantages though, besides just a storage device. I've got an older 2 MP camera with a 128m card.It holds about 55 pics at max resolution (1600x1200). I always take my laptop on vacation to transfer the files at night and for dialup for email. It uses USB so it's painless ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Ponder To: slaga Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:00 PM Subject: [GeoStL] NGR: Ask The Experts First things first: I'm ignorant (in case you were not already convinced). With that out of the way...I am seriously considering purchasing a fairly high quality digital camera, probably in the 4-5 megapixel range. My concern is storage. I don't want to purchase a camera that "can" take hi-res pictures but then dummy it down to lo-res because my butt's on a butte in Utah and my memory card, stick or disc (or cards, sticks or discs) are full. I don't have a laptop, but I'm considering one. It would be my storage device so that I can take the quality of picture that I desire while on my adventures. Is that a feasible (albeit expensive) approach or are there better ways to shoot high quality digital photos without running into storage problems out in the field. Thank ye for your input, Greg Ponder...The Hairy Hillbilly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it!