think ive settled on a camera.

Sony Cyber Shot DSC F828



and the blurb of sony site:

* 4 colour Super HAD CCD
* Real Imaging Processor
* Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar T*® Lens (12 elements in 9 groups, including 3 aspheric elements)
* Bright (F2.0-2.8) and wide angle (28-200mm) rotating lens
* 8.0 Effective Mega Pixels
* 7x Optical zoom, up to 35x Smart zoom, and 14x Precision Digital zoom
* Dual Slot (Memory Stick / MS-Pro and Compact Flash / Micro Drive)
* RAW recording mode
* Advanced Accessory Shoe (Hot Shoe)
* NightFraming / Hologram AF
* Flexible Spot / Continuous / Multi Point / Center weighted AF
* Manual Focus / Zoom Double Ring
* Selectable Colour Reproduction Mode (Real / Standard)
* Saturation / Contrast / Sharpness setting
* 2 Burst modes (Speed Priority / Framing Priority) / Auto Exposure Bracketing
* 235k dots Electrical View Finder
* Program Shift
* Slow Synchronized Flash
* Flash White Balance
* Clear Colour NR / Clear Luminance NR / NR Slow Shutter
* Macro 2 cm
* 3:2 Image Size Mode
* Histogram Indication
* USB 2.0 High Speed Transfer
* PictBridge (USB direct print) compatible
* MPEG VX Fine with Audio