I have a Fujifilm as well as my Nikon DSLR. I love the fuji. It isn't a small point and shoot. It does have a manual setting & you can play with it a little but is awesome used in automatic (point & shoot). Here is the link. It is within your budget and I think you would get more bang for your buck with this one that the other fujifilm you were looking at.

I am not a fan of canon & it has nothing to do with quality. I think quality wise they are great but I find you pay more for the canon than for a nikon of the same features & quality. I was looking through the best buys site and the canon I was looking at compared to the nikon was $130 more.

The olympus I was checking out was this one. It seems to be quite nice.Maybe you are looking for something more compact but I just think value wise this gives you more.