New Camera

Doug
The Kodak Playsport model might be better for the top end, it can handle getting submerged/wet.
Virtually identical specs too, the only difference seems to be no macro mode.

wait a couple of days and it will be twice as powerful and half the size

bloody amazing what they can pack into something that small

The biggest downer on small cameras is the shortness of the optical zoom

Many are only 3 x, some are up to 10x

Digital zoom is useless if you want to blow the images up very much.

The zoom I have on the Nikon goes from 18mm to 270mm

or in 35mm format 28-390mm.

A very worthwhile lens but 5 times the price of the camera you are looking at.

Horses for courses I guess but some of the pocket size ones are pretty good these days.