I would recommend my camera, but it's an older model and not really tiny enough to fit what you're wanting in one anyways , so I'll just ramble a little bit.

I agree with what has already been said. High optical zoom is great. My camera has 10x zoom and it's really awesome for taking pics of the moon and pics of the pets when you don't want to disturb them. ISO is also great.

I recommend looking into some of the smaller Nikons and there are a couple of Canons out now that have some really nice optical zoom on them. There's one specific Canon, I can't exactly remember the model number, but it has like 10x zoom and it's fairly small and has some great features for around a $200 price tag, I *think*.

The cheaper, smaller Fujis probably aren't that great and a lot of people are saying Kodak has improved some, but I still say look into the Canons and Nikons that fit your style.

Good luck !