I've always been a Canon fan myself..
Are you looking for a compact camera or a bigger "pro" one??
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I would like to ask what features are absolutely essential for eg, is it optical zoom over digital zoom, memory etc.
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You can safely pay no attention to how "good" the digital zoom is on different cameras since will make the picture quality worse, no matter what the manufacturer say...
3-4x optical zoom, a good optical stabilizer, 8Mpix (or more) are normally good enough on compact cameras since you'll need a tripod in most cases if you're going to zoom more than that since shaking hands will make the picture blurry..