My wife bought a kodak CX4200 2mp camera with out optical zoom. she sells jewelery on ebay and want it for upclose pictures. everytime she takes a picture of a ring up close, it comes out real blurry. i was looking at a fuji finpix 2650 2mp camera it 3x optical zoom. do you guys think this optical zoom will help out on close ups of rings?

not really m8. u need to use the macro button for close ups (usually represented by a flower icon)

macro without the flash in a reasonably well lit room. do not use the flash!!!

or you could get a better camera, like the olympus c4000 4mpixel with 3x zoon, its tastey

I don't know about the kodak CX4200, but i highley like the finepix models.

The fuji are pretty good.

However a 2M pixel on highest resolution should be fine for ebay. Just take the picture further away to keep it in focus, and crop it down.
I've taken close ups of similar items of a similar resolution and they come out fine.