Need advice for mid-range digital cameras ($200 range)

a1strank

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I'm going to get a digital camera soon, probably in the next few weeks. After a week or two of research, I've narrowed down to these three cameras:

-Canon PowerShot A530 5MP ($150 - $170 range)

-Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ3S 5MP ($170 to $180)

-Canon A620 Silver 7.1 MP (currently for like $230 shipped with 1GB SD card at egg!!)

This digital camera that i'm about going to buy will be my 2nd one. It will be used for taking pictures of stuffs I will be selling online and outdoor pictures, maybe some pics of people but not too much. I will use the macro ALOT because I really like to take close-up pictures...you know stuffs like flower..insects..etc..

At the moment I will probably take the A530..but I also heard the DMC-LZ3s is also a really good camera because it has image stablization (i have no idea what that is, I guess it takes good pics even if your hand shakes a lot) and it has a 6 x optical zoom. the A620 is also very tempting right now because I heard the picture looks VERY NICE from that camera..but I'm not sure..

I've played around with those cameras at bestbuy..and overall I think the Canon looks more advanced with more features, on the hand on the panasonic looks pretty simple with less features (I prefer more advanced stuffs and a camera that can do a lot of things). But yea..I don't know..what do you guys think? If you guys have sugesstions for other cameras please LMK..I'll apperciate them