I want a cam with the most Shooting modes, 10mp or more, fastest shutter speed, very good macro, flash built in, good auto focus, digital zoom is worthless, most optical zoom, good for fast moving photography. i want night settings, star setting, pet, landscape, Custom image parameters. no more than 1k for the cam. basically i want what i have in my Lumix Panasonic DMC-LZ7, but with better optical, MP, lens. 6x optical, 7.2 MP, 1:2.8-4.5/6.1-36.6 ASPH. portrait, soft skin, scenery, sports, night portrait, night scenery, food, party, candle light, sunset, baby, pet, high scenery, beach, starry sky, fireworks, snow, aerial photo. any way to get a cam with twice as much power than the one i have but for only $500 or so?
i don't want to down grade from 6x optical zoom. when i see the image on the display, i wanna see it as big and up close as possible.
i'm kinda leaning to a cam that i can have a very good macro lens with and be able to switch it out for one to see far off.
most people seem to want the smallest and cutest, but i don't care if its bigger n ugly, as long as the images turn out amazing.
my current cam does a very good job, but i'm always wanting something even better. so i wanna find one that skips a few upgrades so i won't wanna get another cam for years to come.
Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D),
Canon EOS 30D,
Canon EOS 40D,
Canon EOS 50D,
Nikon D300,
Sony DSLR-A700,
Sony ALPHA DSLR-A350,
Olympus E-3,
Fuji S5 Pro,
Nikon D60,
Pentax K200D,
Pentax K20D,
Sigma SD14,
Sigma SD14,
Sony ALPHA DSLR-A700

these i'v found, some are really good. but what do you guys think?

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