Software to edit? I just crop my pics.. no fancy editing here.. Im too lazyI just use ifranview
Whatever you do, don't buy anything from Best Buy. They are the biggest rip off! I'd buy online, you will save a ton. Once you narrow it down to a couple models, look at reviews on pricegrabber.com. I find that reading peoples reviews helps alot. The last 2 cameras that we bought were from www.buydig.com. They've had the best prices and good customer service.
oh...eta my camera is also a Nikon Coolpix (but its a couple years old, so I'm sure there are better models of it out there now. But Nikon tends to have really good cameras).
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