Recommend me a camera that has at least 6x Zoom, prefer AA battery types, prefer SD

[holden j caufield]

All the sonys I've looked at have like 3x zoom, with a proprietary battery and of course are memory stick. What are my options with 6x+ zoom that won't break the bank. I can live with proprietary batteries and memory stick but would prefer they weren't

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons2is/

 

[andylawcc]

do you absolutely need 6x?

if so...

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_a710is.asp

if not, all the Canon A series use AA battery.

 

[Boo Boo]

canon s3 is

 

[Kaieye]

Panansonic dmc-lz3

But I believe that it was discontinued a few months ago. I bought it at Office Depot as a closeout for $100 bucks and I am fairly happy with it.

6X optical zoom, 2 AA batteries and takes SD memory.

 

[holden j caufield]

Yeah I think the lumix was the top candidate.