I would avoid the smaller point-and-shoot cameras if you are wanting the flexibility to produce publishable-quality images in a range of settings. Those smaller cameras have small, poor-quality, lenses that will not produce superb images, especially if you need to shoot in less-than-ideal lighting situations. Buyers often erroneously focus on the megapixels of a camera rather than the lens. Both are important, of course, but usually the bottleneck for great images is the lens, not the megapixels. A tiny lens on a camera the size of a pack of playing cards is not going to let in enough light to be really useful. If you buy a bigger camera with a better lens it will let in the light that you need.
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