06-29-2009, 12:57 AM
My brother has had very good pix from his Olympus SP-565 (currently around $250). It is surprising how small it is. Although this camera uses XD cards it also has an adapter for micro SD. It also uses AA batteries which can be nice for a world traveler for rechargeables and off the shelf back-ups . With a 20x zoom you can still get up close without getting gnoshed. It is a bit slow on start up.
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