tommudd wrote:
I bought a Canon Power Shot SX 110 IS last year before I went to Tanzania, wanted something fairly decent but also not so big and clumbersome that I needed a porter to carry the extra stuff along. It took some amazing shots both of people and animals when we were on Safari. I have since sent 5 over to different people who liked mine.
I think this model has been upgraded to something else now but did a great job for me.
** I am not a professional nor claim to be, just wanted something simple to use and yet provide great pictures which this does

My wife has the Rebel XTi with 3 lenses going out to 600mm, we go to a few Phillies baseball games a year, and Citizens Bank Park does not allow cameras with detachable lenses, so she got one of those Cannon Power Shot (110 or 112...???) and what an amazing camera. She's actually taken photos from across the stadium that looked like she was standing next to the subject in the picture. Great zoom, very clear, and easy to use.
The last Olympus camera we had we weren't real pleased with, and it broke in a little more than a year...(cost more to fix it than to buy another)...but with any brand there's going to be a few lemons in the basket.
We just purchased my graduating daughter a Nikon D5000 package from Best Buy, while there I was eying up a replacement for the cheap little Fugi water camera I've been using, and Olympus has one that did get my attention....it's water proof, but because of that it has other limitations in zoom and focal length, but none worse than the camera I have now.....