ooohh... quick reply... like chat!!!
well, in typical "me" style, ive been looking well beyond my price range, and ive taken a liking to the canon powershot g2 and the sony s85. i think i have found them online for 550+. too bad the retail is somewhere up around 800
im gonna look a round A LOT more, so keep them ideas comin'.
should i be looking for an optical zoom of 3 or more??? i know how the different zooms (optical and digital) work, and it seems logical to me to get on with as high of an optical zoom as possible. but i really dont want one that is "SLR-like" cuz i dont want the bulk associated with the SLR camera body!
~mike