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I'd read somewhere that digital cameras were inferior to professional-quality film, but that was several years ago. I suppose the better digital cameras are by now on a par with a good film camera. And the interface is superior with digital because with analog you're limited by the resolution of your printer screen and it's an extra step for distortion to creep in.

Original Post: photographing artwork

Does anyone have any tips on photographing watercolor paintings for upload to artwanted?

I have a Minolta 35 mm XG-M camera with a 25 mm lens, the paaintings are 20-something by 20-something, and they're mounted on the white walls throughout my apartment--with varying amounts of ambient sunlight. Just remembered I have camera option --Nikon N65 with autofocus and 28-80mm zoom lens.

Basically, I'm wondering if, without any professional equipment, I can hope to take pictures that will be of high enough resolution to meet artwanted's crteria for sellable prints in the 20-something by 20-something range. It wouldn't be worth the trouble if the biggest repros I could get were something like 11x14.