i got a new camera a couple of weeks ago (the Casio Exilim EX-S2) and so far i'm really impressed. the photo and the low-light quality aren't perfect, but they're not bad. and the camera is fast and really, really well thought out; for so few (and such tiny) buttons, the core functions are unexpectedly quick and easy to use, even w gloves. the price ($300) and size are simply stunning. a $70 128MB card holds around 120 top qual photos (1600x1200 fine qual jpg) and it's nifty that it uses the same media (MMC/SD) as the palm (so i used my palm 32MB SD card for a week until the 128 showed up). i haven't yet taken the battery below two thirds full (so it's hard to judge battery life) but that was after 150 photos, all with display on, and about half with a flash (plus a bunch of reviewing photos and deleting bad ones). my only significant complaint so far is that it comes with one of those chunky air-filled cradles and requires it and ac adapter to recharge. why (a) can't these devices just have a short (like 0.5m) cord and (b) recharge using USB (like this)? as these things get smaller and more "carry it everywhere" portable, a cradle starts seeming like more and more annoying. extra batteries, though, are tiny (and cheap: around $50), so a spare one of those should do for a week of moderate use (fill up the 128MB card a couple of times and delete bad shots) trip easily. and you can use a SD/MMC-USB card reader instead of the cradle to pull photos if desired while travelling (leaving the cradle behind). oh, and iPhoto/OS X (v2 and 10.2 at least) do both recognize/mount it successfully right out of the box. that's neato.