Here's a side by side between my old Kodak 3.1 megapixel and my new Olympus 8 megapixel.

Oddly enough it seems to be much harder to get a good picture from my new camera.  With the Kodak all I could do was take as many shots as I wanted till I got one that looked the best.  With the new Olympus I've got so many options it's hard to know which ones are the best.  Photographing this work is not an easy thing to do to begin with.  With the bumpy glossy surface glare is a real issue here.  I've given up trying to shoot the work with spots because no matter where I place the spots I get glare.  The work above is a perfect example.  The black suits actually have a lot of texture to them.  If I try to light the work with spots I get a lot of glare that looks just horrible.  I'd rather they look solid black for the documentation.  So I'm kind of limited to natural light and playing around with the setting on the camera till I get something I like.  Luckily I can take as many photos as I need to with out the worry of the cost of film.  The image on the right is much closer to what the painting really looks like.  The Kodak camera worked great for my smaller work, but I really couldn't get a good image of the larger pieces.  I also couldn't get very nice looking prints from my old camera.  It's fine for the web but that's about it.

One thing I didn't realize about a digital slr camera  was that there is an assumption that  people who use these types of cameras are the type of people who want complete control over the image  the camera produces.    This means, to a certain degree, that the images from the camera are somewhat unfinished.   That's not to say the camera takes bad photos, far from it, but it does mean spending a bit more time in photoshop tweaking around with setting to get the best picture possible.

What this all boils down to is that I just need more time using the camera and photographing my art work to figure out what works the best to get the best image.