Quote Originally Posted by NoNo View Post
I was also thinking of the Coolpix series. But I can look at the specs all I want and it won't tell me if it actually holds up in real life. The main thing is quick focusing and shooting.
Google "shutter lag" and you'll find several sites that rate P&S cameras.

I know, I'm going through the same thing right now. Now that I've looked through the optical viewfinder of the Canon G9, and with my vision getting worse seemingly daily at my age, I have a really hard time going back to a digital viewfinder (and I just can't use those awful displays at all). But the G9 scores rather poorly in the shutter lag department, plus it doesn't have as long a zoom as I'd like. But then it has the larger sensor....

I want it all. DH keeps telling me to step up to a SLR, but one thing I definitely DON'T want is carrying around all that bulk and weight. He can carry his own 30 lbs of lenses, not me.