Let's assume that you will buy a new camera. If you are going to create serious art, sell your services for weddings and portraits or even make it a serious hobby, an SLR (probably a digital) will best suit your needs. They allow you the most creative options with large image sensors, interchangible lenses, filters and attachments.
On the other hand, if you are looking to document your life, want ease of use and the best quality a point and shoot camera can deliver, consider the
Canon G12, the
Nikon P7000 or the Panasonic
Lumix DMC-LX5.
These top of the line point and shoot cameras are what many professional photographers carry when they are not working. They take excellent pictures and allow full manual control. The specs are slightly different for each camera, but they have Image Stabilization, 5x to 7x zoom, HD video, hot shoes and are as good as a point and shoot gets in low light. Lenses are not interchangible, eliminating that concern making them much easier to carry.
I do not own any of these cameras but one is on my wish list. The links take you to Amazon where you can read many user reviews and associated comments yourself.
You will see many cheaper point and shoot cameras. When you evaluate their features and quality, these are the cameras that they should be compared to.
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