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Which is the best point & shoot digital camera to buy today?

I'm looking at purchasing a good Digital point & shoot camera that is easy to use and easy to carry. Price is not an issue. I am just looking at a good camera that can provide a good high quality pricture in good and bad light.

When you say, "easy to carry," I will use the pocket as a testing ground. If it won't fit in a pocket, it's not the camera you are looking for.

For point and shoot cameras, I like Canon the best and they make a few models for your consideration.

I bought the SD900 for my own pocket camera and I love it. It is still available, but it has been upgraded to the SD950-IS.

I bought an SD700-IS for my 34 year old daugher and this has been replaced by the SD850-IS.

The SD900 and SD950-IS have larger sensors and I feel make the better images, but the SD850-IS is still decent.

Here's a side-by-side of my SD900 and my daughter's SD700-IS showing the same subject on the same day. You can see the differences if you view this full size, as described under the image. The SD850-IS image might be a little better, but I doubt it would be a very noticeable difference.

The SD950-IS is a 12 MP camera and it might do well with that many pixels on the sensor, but the "IS" is more significant.

Let your budget decide. For my money, I like the quality of my SD900 better, but the "IS" in the SD850-IS and longer zoom might be more to your liking. They cost almost the same. The SD950-IS is showing a $450 price, but I have not read an actual review yet. Okay - here you go - let's both read this for the first time: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/canon_sd950.html "If the top performance from an ultra-compact is what you are looking for, then this is the camera for you."

Canon SD900 ($315): http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/sd900.html
- See also: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd900/

SD850-IS ($310) Preview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0705/07050702canonsd850is.asp
- Go here and click on "Read owner opinions"

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_sd850is.asp

- See also: http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/canon-powershot-sd850-is/4505-6501_7-32441340.html?ar=o&tag=pdtl-list

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/canon_sd850.html

Samples:
SD900: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/tags/sd900/
SD700-IS - go ahead and play the "which one do you like better" in this set:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/tags/sd700is/

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