Looking for a good point and shoot camera

[boost]

I got one, but it's way over your budget, yet I'll throw it in anyway
Amazon.com: Pentax Optio WG-2 GPS Kit: Camera & Photo

Wow, I really want one of these. The camera I bought as a result of this thread was great, except that I started getting lens errors a couple months after buying it. I had it repaired while I was out in Thailand, but it never really focused correctly after the repair, and within another month it went back to giving me lens errors. I guess this is fairly common, in that any bit of grit that gets in the camera can cause the lens mechanism to jam.

So I think that I either want to put the money out for a good camera with a manual lens, so I don't have to worry about so many moving parts-- or get something like this Pentax.

[Jack Sawyer]

Wow, I really want one of these. The camera I bought as a result of this thread was great, except that I started getting lens errors a couple months after buying it. I had it repaired while I was out in Thailand, but it never really focused correctly after the repair, and within another month it went back to giving me lens errors. I guess this is fairly common, in that any bit of grit that gets in the camera can cause the lens mechanism to jam.

So I think that I either want to put the money out for a good camera with a manual lens, so I don't have to worry about so many moving parts-- or get something like this Pentax.

And another one. I think I like this new one better.

http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-TG-1iH...5853434&sr=1-7