I remember there being an issue with some of the initial run of the A70 and A80 where they produced kind of soft images. Still, with that much resolution and a little tweaking in photoshop you should be able to produce a fine result either for viewing on a monitor or for printing.

If you're looking at the A80 you might also want to check out the S45. Same basic features but it's a bit smaller and I think is about the same price.