Yeah unsharp mask isn't the end of the world, but this camera is for my wife to take pictures of our kids. I'm not going to try to teach her Photoshop or expect her to be running image correction on every photo she takes. I've got tons of great pictures I keep meaning to "tweak" before printing, and as a consequence, they never get printed at all. The goal is for my wife to be able to take pictures of the kids at the park all day and then drop by the local Walgreens on the way home for great prints. I have a good Walgreens with the Fuji Frontier and the results are amazing, especially with my Sony F-707. I've gotten many prints with that combo that look like studio-quality work.
Yeah this deal has been lame so far. I've had to pass on the Dell $90 off deal in the hope that this will pan out. Last night I had the both the P8 and A70 in my cart there, but I kept looking at pics and reviews...I just couldn't do it. The P72 is exactly what I want, so I'll just have to cross my fingers.