http://www.dpreview.com/ is certainly a great place to start. You can also do a side-by-side comparison on this site: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sidebyside.asp As for price comparison, I would go to http://www.cnet.com/ and find a camera section there. Actually dpreview.com also takes you there. Just reading through your info, I think you might wanna look at a Canon Powershot G5 (5mpix, 4X4 zoom) or Nikon Coolpix 5400 (5mpix, 4X4zoom). If you want to have a higher optical zoom, Canon Powershot s1 IS is good--it's 3.1mpix, 10x optical zoom, and above all, it's really cheap.. comes around $335-399. Good luck