I like's the Canon's too! Panasonic = not bad. Canon, would be my first choice.

 

Bad timing if you want the Canon SD850 IS. Office Depot had them last week for $240. A friend of mine bought it and got a free Epson all in one for free after rebate. The SD850 IS is pretty awesome, face recognition, image stabilization, etc, etc.

I don't like the Sony's b/c if you compare image quality and color, it's not as good as the Canon SD's in my mind. Also, the Canon SD1000 sucks. It can sometimes be bought for ~$150 if you wait for it to go on sale from Dell but the user interface on that camera sucks and it's a low frills camera.

 

SD850 IS

End of story. Awesome bang for the buck performance. I got mine at Ritz/Wolfe Camera when it first came out, but buydig.com has it for $259

http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.a...&sku=CNPSSD850

Don't know if there's a Microcenter around you, but they have it listed at $299

http://microcenter.com/single_produc...uct_id=0260604

 

If you can somehow score one of those Circuit City "$40 off of a $199 purchase or more" coupons, you can take $40 off of the $299 price and that's probably as good as it gets for now from a Brick and mortar store. Costco has it on their website for $299 with a free 2GB SD card. Dunno if it's available in their stores though. Good luck!

 

It is. I was there yesterday in the SF store.

 

Cool, then sounds like your choice is simple. Costco is one of the few places you can Buy and Try w/o a penalty.

 

id really suggest looking for a canon with IS. if i had to buy a camera over it would have that. the handheld IS systems are incredible now. my friend had one and he was getting all sorts of shots that i was struggling with in low light.