If you can still get it, go for the Kodak DX6440 (which has a 4X optical zoom), I've used this for five years plus and not had any problems with it at all, inside concerts and outside. When I bought it it was $600.00 but I believe that Kodak has reduced the price for this and anyway if you go to Amazon they will certainly redduce its cost that the reccomended price tag. I've moved on to a more beefy DSLR Nikon now (D3000) and find what I was missing in the two lenses I got with it(18mm-55mm; 55-200mm) plus other lenses I can add later to fill out my repertoire...
