Ah pre, you posted sa DPP with the same question hehe... Di ko na sasagutin ha... Joke...

A710IS, FujiFilm F30 (under 16K pag sa Amazon mo bilin, local kasi 28K!), Canon S3IS, Panasonic FZ7, Olympus C8080 are my choices... The Oly is truly a remarkable P&S, wala lang IS, but man, it's damn good...

For a pocketable cam, toss up between the A710IS and the F30... The former has a good IS system and produces better colored photos, but the latter is truly the king of low-light point and shoot with very clean high ISO shots (Canon P&S ISO 400 are very noisy already, the F30's ISO800 is still very, very clean)

These came straight out of the F30, no PP at all, both are ISO800 shots.

Taken by a 7 year old hehe


Also ISO 800


Both shots were taken indoors, no artificial light (minimal on the first one), no flash, just ambient light.

Dpreview has a good comparison of ISO performance of the F30. Sucks that it uses xD cards, though, mahal eh.

Don't bother counting megapixels, anything over 6 is overkill for most people unless you plan to print larger than A3 all the time...

One more thing, minor, but for me, essential. I really prefer cameras that uses AA batteries, especially with bigger cams like the S3 that has really great power management, it makes life so much easier, imagine going out of town and you run out of batteries, just go inside a gas station or convenience store and grab a pack or two and you're ready to go.

Li-Ions are usually expensive, requires a dedicated charger, etc...

Bai: Di kaya 20K ang G7, but for the money, I'd pick the G6 instead, faster lens, RAW and better handling IMO... But OT na tayo since di pasok sa budget.