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Get the S3 and bigger pockets. It's worth the the extra size for the excellent movie mode you will treasure. It's 2 excellent cameras in one.

If you are looking for the best all-in-one, the Canon S3 would be the camera you are looking for:
Manual focus
Supermacro- 0.0 cm
12X zoom, IS
best movie mode of any digital camera
swivel...

I own an S3 and there is no focussing problem that I'm aware of that doesn't exist with all the other big zooms on the market, just people who are new to photography and don't know what to expect...

Keep in mind that the above link is a press release, not a review. When reviewed, the camera may not be performing as hoped for. An example is the Olympus UZ550. It boasted a lot of advanced features...

You're missing one of the top contenders. The Canon S3 IS. Best IS in the business with their IS in the lens like Nikon. It has a 2' swivel screen and is closer to a dslr than any of the other...

I use a case from CC that's just a little bigger than the S3 with the lens aimed to the back. I have room for 4 batteries at the bottom (in a foam protector) and the camera strap. It has a zipper...

Where's the ZOOM?

There is no way to set to manual focus. The camera is automatically set to AF in video mode.
The video mode is what turned me off the Z612. I returned mine after a month.
I wanted an "all in one"...

Make sure you set the IS to"OFF" or you will get that low background screechy noise.
Do you also hear the clicking noise and color artifacts when panning from highly contrasting areas?

But then, that's where PP comes in. Post Processing is to digital photography what the darkroom is to film. Having a sharp, grainier photo using higher ISO can be easily accommodated by PP with...