Great point and shoot cameras?

[Marko]

Thanks for that info everyone!
Much appreciated - it makes the hunt easier now

Travis your post cracked me up

"For heavens sake man.... your our forum leader.... you will demoralize the troops bringing up questions like these.... ..."

Although I know a lot about photography...I'll admit to not knowing which point and shoots are good because I've shunned them and haven't owned one in 25 years. I've always favoured SLRs or DSLRs and posting this opinion as well. My rationale has been that point and shoots aren't great for learning photography. BUT for someone that already knows photography, that can now get a point and shoot to do what they need it to do, (ie manually focus which is my #1 criteria for now since autofocus is often an issue on P&S) I'm feeling now is a good time to try one out.

Plus they are so small...that you can bring them to events or places that would be impossible to attend with a full load of gear as Acadielibre mentioned.

At the end of the day...it's just a tool so if we can modify it to fit our needs in certain situations, I'm all for it. But again for any newbie reading this...to LEARN photography, go with an SLR or DSLR

Thanks again everyone - for the record I'm looking for a smaller looking camera not something that already looks and feels like a DSLR.

more like this..


Thanks all!
Marko