What's the best camera for me?

[mrflabby]

Budget
€300 - €450

Size
compact/semi-compact

Features

How many megapixels will suffice for you? 7

* What optical zoom will you need? Standard = 3x-4x

* How important is “image quality” to you? 10

Do you care for manual controls? no

General Usage

* What will you generally use the camera for? family pictures and video, holidays, amateur photography

* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not? no

Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos? yes

Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos? no

Miscellaneous

Are there particular brands you like or hate? I like Canon

Are there particular models you already have in mind? Canon SD700/800/Canon G7/ Canon S3

(If applicable) Do you need any of the following special features? Wide Angle (for family pics), Image Stabilization (shaky hands), GOOD VIDEO RECORDING

Buying a digital camera is proving to be a bit more difficult than I thought. I'd like to get a good camera since I won't probably be buying another one for a long time. Image quality is of the outmost importance as I don't want to be stuck with a rubbish camera and bad quality pictures to remember all those "precious family moments" by....

Thanks for your help!

[Kenen]

Canon is good. You could probably add the A series to to your list of possiblities. I don't think you could get a wide angle for the SD700/800... You should be able to for the others.

[jleonardjr]

I recently bought the Canon SD800 IS and love it. If you are going to be taking a lot of low light pictures you may also want to look at the Fuji F30. The Canon SD800 does well in low light to me though and still gives you IS. Fuji F30 does not have IS.

The SD800 does have wide angle capability. You can not attach a wide angle lens but there is wide angle capability built in to the existing lens.