Keeping up with the Canons

I was experimenting with a light box and my 3 or 4 year old Canon PowerShot A70 last week. It wasn't quite right as one of the lower under-floor lamps was out so I had to blast up the contrast afterwards. You can see some of the results below. The A70 has a 3.2 mega pixel resolution and that seemed great when I bought it. On Saturday a friend was showing me his Canon PowerShot G9 with 12.1 mega pixels. I thought I had matured from wanting the latest gadgets but I'm starting to get some pangs of envy. Click on the pictures to see a larger size.