I am in the market for a digital camers that must serve 2 masters master 1 My wife small compact easy to use Master 2 Me lookng for at least 5 Mega pixils Min 6X zoom Prefer 10X zoom widest field of view approx. 35 mm in 35 mm equivilant would prfer wider lag time between shots a short as possible (like to shoot at the beach wave action and birds etc.) fairly large and fast storage replaceable batteries (like not to be able to shoot & shoot & shoot) I have a Canon FTB with 5 lenses ranging from 17mm to 200mm The one camera that seems to come closes to serving both master is the Nikon S4. Please feel free to disagree and make other suggestions If you want to contact me off line please do -- Have a Happy & Enjoy Richard Meyeroff Meyeroff Computer Consultants tel: 410-258-7503 rem at meyeroff-c-c.com