Hello Everybody:
I have the Sony Digital Mavica, Model MVC-FD71 & I love it!
It uses standard floppy disk, you don't need special programs, no stupid cables to hook up to yo Puter, it can copy a disk, then you put blank in it, copy the pics, so you can give to others, it works on just about any puter that can read .jpg or.jpeg file format, which is the same as most pics on internet.
It was about $500 when I bought it, they are less now I think, it even has 10X optical Zoom. There are ones now that cost a little more, that will even record about 1 minute of video, also on a floppy!
If you looking for ease of use & something that doesn't needs to be hooked up to puter with a cable & special programs, then this is your answer. How many pics well the battery goes up to 2.5 hours in a little over a hour of charging, I think. Then just grab yourself a hand full of floppies & click away!
I rest my case!