I want something like the A700 but...
I would like:
- 6x zoom or more
- high (quality) megapixels - 8 or 10 in today's markert.
- AA batteries. Not the $40 die-quickly proprietary stuff;
something I can buy anywhere in a pinch, and CHEAP external
chargers.
- neck-strap lugs, not just a wrist strap; although I like that
it's poacketable.
- IS? Almost all the shots I want to take in museums, etc. ("no
flash, please") turn out to be 1/15 to 1/5. Something to extend EV
would help.
-SHutter release cable or remote; something to allow no-shake
hands-off pictures (I.e. when using desktop tripod) when the IS
isn't enough.
- CF or SD; nothing too proprietary
- hotshoe? My old 35mm had that.
None of these features (except maybe IS) are showstoppingly (?)
difficult to put on a P&S pocketable. They just don't.