Nikon Coolpix 990? or Olympus 3030?, I think would be the ones for you to look at. Each about $900 and top-quality. I'd probably go with the Nikon. I wish I could afford one, but I have played with one for a while and it seemed really nice. (I have an Agfa 1280 which is just 1-megapixel, the Nikon is 3-megapixels, I believe)