Slick, I agree with Glacier concerning Olympus. John bought an Olympus C5060 a few years ago - however, that will be too big for your use. Glacier had the same one before she got the new later one - and you can just tell she knows about quality too.

Canon is also know for it's good optics.

Take a look at some of the features of the differnt ones here: www.dpreview.com