Looking for a camera
 

I hope some of you guys can help me out with a camera purchase. I am looking for a digital camera that is;
Compact (can fit in my pocket)
Decent resolution 5mp and above
Some sort of image stabilization would be nice
Decent night performance
Optical zoom
Nice LCD
Not ridiculously expensive


I was thinking maybe a Sony DCS T200 but when it comes to cameras I really have no idea and would appreciate any input by you gurus.

If you want a really good one then i would recommend the Panasonic FX30 has all the features you want and can be had for less than £150 if you look around don't know wat that equates to in Aussie Dollars thou.

Good review here of it

http://www.digicamreview.com/panason...x30_review.htm

One of the Panasonics

Looks pretty good, I do like the fact that it can take normal SD cards rather than the sony cards.
As for price 150 pounds that equates to around $350 but the retail price is $499AUD, can get the FX33 from ebay new for around $400AUD rather than the $500 for the T200. Going by these reviews of the FX55 and the T200 you can see that the T200 has much less grain in the ISO examples given. I really don't know if it would be a massive factor in real life but you can clearly see the difference in those photos. Opinions?

Less noise in high ISO shots is important in real life

Your best bet are the Fuji f20/f30/f31.

Great iso performance!

f20 - no manual controls

f30 - full manual controls, better lcd and battery life than the f20

f31 - same as f30 but with face detection