This one might fight the bill: Olympus c-750 ultra zoom ($369...) <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008IHU2/002-4016491-0739244?v=glance> I have an older model of this type from Olympus...never had a problem... > Portability combined with good picture quality, some manual controls, > good automatic pictures (for when I'm lazy) costing < US$400. > > > Thanks! > > bob ------ Ashok Hariharan ashok(at)ciliege.org http://www.unganisha.org ------