I am sending my youngest daughter to Australia next month to Australia.
I am looking for recommendations on an excellent top of the line point and shoot digital camera, lightweight and compact with all the necessary features for close up, zom etc.
I've owned (or currently own) several Canon point and shoot, including the Canon Powershot S80, G10 and G11. All of these frustrate me, I love the compact size but they always want to do own thing. Even if you tell a G10 to use low ASA with flash and time exposure, it cranks up the ASA to "save you" even if you have it on a 40 pound tripod.
Perhaps this is not an issue if you're not accustomed to professional SLRs with "hard" settings.
In many ways the S80 was the best due to size and the protective slide door that allowed the camera to go in a bag with no case and without fear of damage.
I'm still looking for the perfect point and shoot, all have advantages and disadvantages.
All that said, I guess I would suggest the G11 at the moment. Most people would be fine with it, I just have too many years with pro camera, where it precisely obeys commands, even if the request is odd :^). That's how you get the good shots.
