Paul,
OK. So I want to get out of the 18th century. I am looking for a good, user
friendly, big screen, digital camera. Cost always appeals to my wallet. I
know you recommended one about a year ago, but has a better one come out
since then?
Thomas Phy (still counting with my fingers and toes, and painting on my cave
walls with burnt sticks)

They are hard to find but you cannot beat a Panasonic DMC FZ50 AKA Lumix. About
$500 in NYC mail order stores. It is identical to the Leica at $850.
The Leica lens is nothing short of superb. I love mine and I am
thinking of buying a back up as if I ever lost it or it broke
down I would be up a creek without a paddle.

It is actually way more money in Tokyo.

Bev Hills Camera won't sell it as they would not sell any Cannons or Nikon's!
Its that good.

Archie has one and I think he still loves it.

Paul Lamar

I've shot for a couple news papers, so I like quality.

The Kodak line of point and shoot have on average the best user
interface for intuitive use w/o reading the manual. They top out at just
below $500 with $280 being average models.

One thing to keep in mind, if you go much above 5x optical zoom, then
anything above 4 megapixels is a waste if you don't have some form of
image stabilization.

My main digital camera now is a 10m Pentax SLR - K10D. It has the image
stabilization inside the body, so the lenses are much less expensive
than those that put the stabilization in the lens (Nikon, Canon, etc.) -
I paid $900 for camera, 1G card, and auto focus zoom.

-dave

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