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Originally Posted by vachss
I don't think the OP is necessarily looking for a DSLR. They're great for some things, but not necessarily as a knockaround beach camera. Canon and Nikon both make a wide range of P&S cameras that would work well with prices ranging from ~$200-500 and feature sets to match.
Canon and Nikon (and Olympus and Sony and Panasonic for that matter) all make good quality P&S cameras and it may be hard to choose among them. One main differentiatior for me is the broad range of water housings available for Canon compact cameras. The last time we went to Hawaii we wished we'd had an underwater camera. Subsequently we've gotten water housings for both my wife's tiny SD800 and my, slightly larger, G9. Both have kept our cameras nicely dry during all manner of wet adventures. If I were going on another watersports/snorkeling/beach type vacation one of these is the camera I'd choose.
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That's a plus with Canon with underwater housings because I do scuba diving and would like to take pictures of wrecks and sea creatures as I do mostly when I'm in Aruba yearly.
I'm really looking for a P&S camera and I would like to keep it small since I don't have to lug it around, she carries it in her purse as she does with her Olympus stylus 710
Most of the pictures taken would be family, beaches, night life, car shows, close up of airliners at work, some scenic views.