Pal, if dipping your toe in the water I'd recommend following His Airship's thoughts.
Rather than plunging into the expensive megapixel world, grab a cheapie, see if you like it. Fabulous for web based stuff or digital archiving.
However, speaking as a very early adopter (a LEAF 5" by 4" CCD plate from my Linhof Technica paid for my instrument rating in 1989 - yes '89!) the one question always ignored by enthusiasts for the medium is hard copy output (i.e. snaps you can hold) and the utterly hopeless permanance of images.
Without spending a fortune on dye sublimation printing your photos will last a very short time indeed. The naysayers will claim you simply output a new image - tosh! They're really just as new to it as you are and are blind to the very pace of technological change that allows them to possess such lovely toys.
Some of my very best advertising and product work lies at this moment in the loft - on a hard disk - an 8 inch Winchester - bloody useless in other words. Meanwhile the cibachromes from the same shoots, now 15 -17 years old, handprinted from transparencies and left in sunlight for much of the time still look stunning. Think about it......
Now then, how do I set this colour laser printer to stun???
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[This message has been edited by PPRuNe Towers (edited 22 October 1999).]