Yea, I'm an Olympus or Nikon fan....Actually, I'm using an Olympus C2100uz, obsolete now I believe....
I agree with keeping the size within the forum margins, I just haven't done it.... If you crop, without actually resizing, your picture quality will remain sharp.....also when looking for a camera, remember that OPTICAL zoom is way better than DIGITAL zoom....The cameras digital zoom works exactly like your computer when you enlarge an image, simply enlarges the pixels and the picture quality is quickly degraded.....
I would recommend taking the pictures, using optical zoom if possible, in the largest size setting, then crop the image with your photo editor, but don't resize the photo.....does that make sense???