Pocketable 6 or 7 Meg camera with a better than 3X zoom

I have a Nikon D50 and an old Canon G3. I just gave my Sony W5 to my
grandson and I want to replace it with a camera that doesn't give me the
occasional blurred photo. I checked out cameras on line and liked the
Kodak Z612 until I took a look at it at Target. It's much to big to fit in
a pocket. I don't know why they call it a compact. I think I like the
Canon SD700 IS. It's small, but it doesn't have manual settings. I also
want the camera to use SD cards which my D50 uses. I don't care about the
batteries. I also read about the new Canon A710 IS which just came out,
but that may be too big, as I haven't seen it.
Do you have any other suggestions?

Jack wrote:
> I have a Nikon D50 and an old Canon G3. I just gave my Sony W5 to my
> grandson and I want to replace it with a camera that doesn't give me the
> occasional blurred photo. I checked out cameras on line and liked the
> Kodak Z612 until I took a look at it at Target. It's much to big to fit in
> a pocket. I don't know why they call it a compact. I think I like the
> Canon SD700 IS. It's small, but it doesn't have manual settings. I also
> want the camera to use SD cards which my D50 uses. I don't care about the
> batteries. I also read about the new Canon A710 IS which just came out,
> but that may be too big, as I haven't seen it.
> Do you have any other suggestions?


The Panasonic LZ 5 should suit you fine.
See: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/lz5.html
Bob Williams