I have broken my digital camera, and this makes me sad. Although I have been going thru (and continue to) some tough economic times, I am about to turn the corner and should have enough discretionary income to purchase a new camera soon. I've done some looking around, and have come up with this as the current object of my desires:


Specs are here. The main draws for me are the 10X optical zoom, the fact that it actually *feels* like a camera (I have taken a few pictures with one, although I never got to see them), and the really nifty pop-up flash. When I first started looking, I was intimidated by the price. Amazon's got 'em listed at $350 right now, but it was $400 not too long ago. They have resellers with it at $325, but looking on Froogle today, I saw the site linked above has it at $235. Shoot, that's not a whole lot more than I paid for my crappy HP photosmart camera.

So. Anyway, does anyone have any direct or anecdotal evidence of why this would be a bad buy? I know a lot of people prefer smaller size, but when it comes to cameras, I really like the feel of the old-school SLRs, and this one has that in spades. Any other drawbacks you can think of?

Thanks!