Sorry to butt in here, but just wanted to sort of second Sab's recommendation of a Canon. They recently bought one for me to use here at work (the day they first gave it to me, I didn't get much work done...but it's all their fault, after all ;p) (http://www.livejournal.com/users/cpsings4him/59670.html) - and I just LOVE it! It has all kinds of snazzy features and does effects and stuff (like sepia and black and white, etc.). It's a Canon PowerShot A60 (2.0 mega pixels) and it's even pretty wee! Aaaaannnnd..the BEST part...Wal-mart even has them on sale right now for under $200! I have one on my Christmas list. I'm very hopeful as I have been a very good girl this year. Hardly naughty at all. :)