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Well our family's old-old 4MP pocket camera is really showing its age and planning on an upgrade...
and to illustrate my camera know-how: I just recently (after a friend explained what it was) found out what SLR meant. So I'd rather ask than end up with junk
I'm the primary photo-taker and the old Powershot and I didn't get along well at all. it tended to auto-focus on everything except what I was trying to snap a photo of and the options it had didn't exactly lend it to many situations except for indoor gatherings or close-up outdoors.
However, I'm not always the one behind the trigger, so a good auto-setting is a must.
we've been considering a Sony DSC-H50, as it has a good set of auto features and enough manual tweaking to keep me happy, but i'm open to any and all suggestions
price range is up to probable $300-350. size is somewhat of an issue; the Sony above is probably about the max size the rest of my family would consider toting around.
any help would be appreciated. who knows, maybe i'll learn something?
and to illustrate my camera know-how: I just recently (after a friend explained what it was) found out what SLR meant. So I'd rather ask than end up with junk

I'm the primary photo-taker and the old Powershot and I didn't get along well at all. it tended to auto-focus on everything except what I was trying to snap a photo of and the options it had didn't exactly lend it to many situations except for indoor gatherings or close-up outdoors.
However, I'm not always the one behind the trigger, so a good auto-setting is a must.
- predominant environments are outdoors and usually direct sunlight, varying distances from 10ft up to and including landscape shots
- I'm an impromptu shot taker, if I can catch a person not ready for a cookie-cutter photo the better
- maximum size prints would be 8x11
- I use zoom-in alot. people are much more willing to act normally when i'm not always next to them.
we've been considering a Sony DSC-H50, as it has a good set of auto features and enough manual tweaking to keep me happy, but i'm open to any and all suggestions
price range is up to probable $300-350. size is somewhat of an issue; the Sony above is probably about the max size the rest of my family would consider toting around.
any help would be appreciated. who knows, maybe i'll learn something?
