When it comes to compact cameras your at the mercy of what is built into the camera. Some Compacts have a night shooting feature built in. These photo usually turn out noisy(grainy) due to the small diameter of the lens and the size of the camera sensor being small also. If you want control of how the photo turns out then check out a Digital – SLR. They have bigger sensors and interchangeable lenses. Shooting in LOW LIGHT is always tricky. You need a camera that goes up to a hight ISO (Light sensitivity..like a film speed) 1600 is good 3200 is better, and a Fast Lens. Like a f/1.8 or better. The lower the number the bigger the opening (Aperture) and the more light that is let in. High ISO + Big Opening + Bigger Sensor = More Light Sensitive. Shooting in a really high ISO's will still give you some noise(grain in the photo) but cameras are getting much better at noise reduction.

It would be helpful to know the exact model number of the camera. There is a difference between Camcorder lenses and D-SLR type lenses. Among many things is the connection to the camera itself. Most consumer grade Camcorders do not have removable lenses so all you can do is add a Fisheye adapter. As to the numbers that are on the lens. The f= refers to the Focal Length (how much zoom). If you have a f/ and a number this refers to how light sensitive it is...aperture. Look for a " O " with a " / " thru it. This is the diameter of the lens for filters and adapters. A Wide Angle adapter will give you a larger field of view and give you some of the Fisheye look. Some people really want the wide angle and are confusing it for a Fisheye. BestBuy does carry Sunpak - 0.5x Wide-Angle Converter Lens for Digital Cameras. It fits 25mm - 37mm lenses. It would be best to take the camera with you to your nearest BestBuy and check the fit and the look of a Wide Angle Adapter. It may be what you are looking for.

Sony - Handycam Camcorder DCR-SR85 has a 25x optical zoom, 60gb drive and is Vista Home Basic compatible. When it comes to shooting that distance across a room you want the best optical zoom. Digital zoom will give you a lot of pixelation (stair stepping) in the image. Since it is Vista Home Basic compatible it should work fine with Premium.

Technically you can print any size from a 7.1 megapixel camera you want. The problem is that once you get bigger than 8x10 the image starts to look aliased (stair stepping) and pixelated. So up to 8x10 you should be pretty safe.Keep in mind that any cropping you do to the image before printing reduces the megapixel count. For example a crop of half of the photo leaves you with a 3 megepixle image and a print above a 4x6 will begin to look pixelated.