I noticed that the panasonic has 2.1 more megapixels then the pentax. at 10+ megapixels does two more make that much of a difference? I am not going to be making any posters out of the pictures but i do like to zoom in and crop if need be on the computer.

The next question, say i was to steer away from these smaller stronger cameras and get one that is bigger with more manual controls, what would be a good recommendation for around $400?