I love my Panasonic FZ10 with 4.0MP 12x zoom Leica lens, image stabilization, manual fucus ring. It looks and feels awesome. Dont have any pics on this computer, but almost all of them turn out great, unless I screw something up.

Also check out the Canon S1 IS, and the Sony DCS-V1. Both take great shots but are really two totally diff. camera's. The cannon is an image stabilized 10x zoom slr like design with a very impressive movie mode but is only 3.2MP. The sony is a 5.0MP ultra compact with only 4x zoom, but has all the bells and whistles sony could pack into it.

Websites to check out are www.dpreview.com www.dcresource.com and www.steves-digicams.com