[DonCJ]

To be specific about the still image capabilities of the Canon HV-20, its has 3.1 megapixels and up to 2048x1536 pixel image resolution in still mode. The miniSD card holds more than 1500 images.

camcorderinfo.com named it Camcorder of the Year and had particular praise for its still image capabilities.

Given that the screen resolution of a PC is 640 x 480 full screen and most website images are maybe 160 x 120 pixels, I think the imaging capabilities of the HV-20 are more than enough. As mentioned, my experience is that a digital SLR can turn in brilliant images, but point and shoot digital cameras cannot due to crap lenses and crap flash handling.

When we were using a professional, we were taking his prints and scanning them, then typically having to reduce image size and/or resolution to fit on web page. Results were less than optimum.

Digital is the way to go, eliminating the scanner.