Thread: In the market for a digital camera..

So I don't have one and I think it's about time for me to finally invest in one. I got a couple ideas of what I want but I'd like some user input from people who are more acknowledgable than I am on cameras.

I don't want to spend no more than $200 but I'm willing to go a bit further if I have to.

I'm looking at the Sony CyberShot W290 which from reviews seem positive although I'm not too thrilled about having to buy a propriotary memory card when I have a 2GB SD card just sitting at home. Although if this seems the best route then I'll bite the bullet.

I was looking at some Panasonics, which seem nice considering they got Leica lenses. The one in particular was the Panasonic Lumix DMC-F150S. It has a huge resolution and apparently decent zoom and it fits my price range. I was also looking at the Panasonic TZ4S which is only 8MP but it has a 10x optical zoom.

Edit - Just came across the Samsung LS620 which seems alright too.

So what do you guys think? What camera's do you have that you would recommend? I'm basically going to be using this for point and shoot style stuff, nothing too extravagant. So it doesn't need to have tons of options and I'd prefer it to be compact

Thanks.