We know it's late and you should really be asleep if you're reading this right now, but just in case you were waiting to see if Sunday night / Monday morning had any product launches crop up, here's a few: Canon's new PowerShots, the SD850 / SD950 IS and S5 IS. Sounds like the SD850 / SD950 are the different badges it'll get in the US and overseas, but at the end of the day you've got an 8 megapixel camera with a 4x optical zoom, image stabilization, 1600 ISO sensor, DIGIC III processor, SDHC support, and 2.5-inch display. The PowerShot S5, successor to last year's PowerShot S3, also features an 8 megapixel image stabilized 1600 ISO sensor and 2.5-inch display, but naturally has a 12x optical zoom and hotshoe. They should retail for $400 and $500, but we don't have anything official on that or a release date.
I've owned previous versions of both cameras (the Powershot S410 and S1 IS) and loved them both. (I have since sold my S410 and my S1 IS broke.) When it comes to non-dSLR cameras, I'd recommend Canon without hesitation. See photos I took in Germany, Italy, and Austria with my S410 and photos from Antarctica, Moldova, Alaska, and across the US I took with my S1 IS.
I expect both of these new cameras to be superb.
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Non-SLRs ... I agree, Canons are great. As much as I love Sony, they have little in this area. Canon is wonderful. I wouldn't even look at others, I've been so pleased with Canons. They have nothing left to prove to me.
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