Jon, I have no experience beyond my use of one of the early Kodaks when I was still working (back in '98). It was OK for doing shots for posting on the network, but not for printing. PC Magazine says that 3 megapixels is about where the cameras start emulating SLR's, so we're still talking around $7-800 US minimum. Add to that the problem of low printer resolutions as alluded to by Arkie above, and you've got the cost of a high resolution printer to add to the equation if you want printed output. Also, good paper for printing long-lasting pictures is pretty expensive too, so a proper setup would probably still run around $2,000 US.

Prices are going down all the time, though, and now we're seeing 4 megapixel cameras coming on the market. I do like the idea that I could use a digital camera for image capture and then produce "slide shows" on a CD which my friends could view at their leisure (if they desired) on their own computers. I'm hankering for a digital, but it'll probably be late in 2001 or even 2002 before I spring for one.