Did I really trade up? New P&S

[creativeamanda]

I really wanted to by an SLR, but of course, it was out of my price range. Especially since I am a Nikon gal. I have had a Nikon Coolpix5200 for a couple of years now and although I love it, the wear of taking well over 15,000 pictures is showing. So, I went our camera hunting this week. My eye was really on a Fuji SLR, but my friend who used to sell cameras kind of set me against it. He said he never sold a Fuji camera that did not have problems within the first year. Go figure. Against my wishes (cause remember, the only kinds of cameras I've ever owned have been Nikons), I bought a Canon Powershot A720 IS. How does this camera compare with my Nikon? I know I have more megapixels, which should give me a sharper image. Will I have less trouble with night shots (like fireworks)? To save you all the trouble, I'm adding in the specs on each camera. Tell me the differences I should see and what I might need to buy in addition (other than the 2GB memory card I got this week--I had 2 1GB cards, but thought with the 8MP I'd need more memory in a card.)

The Nikon Coolpix5200:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/CP5200/CP52A.HTM

And the Canon PowerShot A720IS:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/A720IS/A720ISA.HTM

Thanks for your help!

 

[jann1033]

the lag times are better, the start up time is better , the iso is way better( 400 vs 1600, now how good the 1600 is might be another thing) lcd is bigger, zoom is better..didn't compare them all but these stood out to me, oh yeah and it's roughly 1/2 the price