Help me buy a good camera..

friends.. please help me out...

i need the camera for occasional family function and tours.. i am not much into photography.. the thing matters to me is image quality...

also while going through earlier threads.. it seems that sx130IS has battery problem... is it worth buying if i purchase the extra set of NiMH btteries...

by budget is around 15k

yaah SX130IS is the best among them for learning photography and its pic quality is also amazing...but its bigg and uses pencil cells/rechargable...

I saw some forum members very satisfied with sony H55 so u can always consider it.

If u can wait a bit wait for Canon SX220IS. I find it very good...it got all the features and its pocketable

Canon unveils SX230 HS GPS-enabled compact & SX220 HS: Digital Photography Review
*a.img-dpreview.com/news/1102/canon/compacts/PowerShot-SX220-HS-FSL-GREY-001.jpg

sujoyp said:

yaah SX130IS is the best among them for learning photography and its pic quality is also amazing...but its bigg and uses pencil cells/rechargable...

I saw some forum members very satisfied with sony H55 so u can always consider it.

If u can wait a bit wait for Canon SX220IS. I find it very good...it got all the features and its pocketable

Canon unveils SX230 HS GPS-enabled compact & SX220 HS: Digital Photography Review
*a.img-dpreview.com/news/1102/canon/compacts/PowerShot-SX220-HS-FSL-GREY-001.jpg

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It is already available in market and is priced around 20K which is quite high according me

yeah i dont like its image stabilization feature.. gives blur picture in proper light condition too..

pulkitpopli2004 said:

gives blur picture in proper light condition too..

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This is due to gross mishandling on the part of the user.