Your competition have spoken, what do YOU have to say?

[ProblemSolver]

Well, it's been slightly more than a week since Canon last introduced a digital camera (A520) and competition have already started to .... well..... get more competitive.

Here are the answers from competition:
~To possible S2 IS - Lumix FZ4 and FZ5, Cybershot H1, Dimage Z5
~To A510 and A520 - Lumix LZ1 and LZ2
~To possible S600 - FinePix F10, Cybershot P200 and W5, Digimax V700
~To SD20 - FinePix Z1

Like I said before, DO SOMETHING Canon!

How about a miniature version of the USM (on the S1 IS)? A BSM (B=Basic) for silent zooming on compact Powershots?

Anyway - 6 more days till the day the S500 was released. Any S600?

[kimnicho]

I believe "what you need is" the Sony P150 !!!! (by your requirements anyway) except it has 3x optical but it has everything else you want/need RIGHT NOW

[Rex914]

Canon should be replacing the Pro1 too very soon. It's been over a year now and its being cleared out of the shelves.

Hopefully, it'll have less noise, an AF assist lamp, better ergonomics, etc.

[ProblemSolver]

Nah, I'm not trying to get opinions for buying a new camera ;) . Just some suggestions.

And the about the Pro 1, you forgot one improvement that Canon should put in - DIGIC II that equals faster processing and less noise

Speaking of DIGIC II, what's with the 60 FPS movies from the SD200 and SD300? Not that I hate them or surprised I never seen a compact P&S able to do that - Just that it's limited to 1 minute.

The EOS 1Ds Mark II and SD200/SD300 have DIGIC II. The EOS can do 16 MP pics at 4 FPS (continuous shots) and the SD200/300 can do tiny less than 1 MP movies at 60 FPS. The EOS has obviously more load and the SD200/300 have way less processing to do - So by right, they both can do movies at 60 FPS for more than 1 minute if the limit is removed? Am I correct?

[Rex914]

Oh, totally forgot about DIGIC II. You'd expect that Canon would place that in its flagship consumer camera. I guess it wasn't even around then or was it?

Based on your signature, you're definitely going to look forward to a G7. Absolute perfect match I'd have to say.