New Camera Needed. Advice needed more

[fairytale]

Hiya Guys, please firstly ignore my ignorance towards technology.

On our last trip to Disney I lost my Digital Nikon Camera in Beaches & Cream. I loved this camera, but cannot remember for the life of me the model type etc, all I know is that it was fairly old.

Having now purchased three further digital camers nothing compares. On all my past cameras except my Nikon the "shutter lag" as I believe it is called has such a delay on it, i have four young children and when you want to just capture that one second shot it is so fustrating when the picture is then taking 3 seconds later

All I am after is a simple, not to heavy or bulky camera with no shutter lag (if thats the right terminology), that I can take good quality family pictures with.

Please help you camera experts out there

 

[Frantasmic]

You are kind of at a Catch-22. There was a similar thread here yesterday. Most Point and Shoot's (fits your small and non-bulky criteria) have shutter times from 1/1500 to 1/2500 and don't have a great flash (i.e., not that great in low light conditions).

If you go to DSLR, you get the features you want, but you add the bulk.

Another suggestion is to look at the Canon cameras, research CHDK, and see if you can find a camera you like that employs the CHDK program to give your Point and Shoot a bit more umph.

 

[DisneySuiteFreak]

Hiya Guys, please firstly ignore my ignorance towards technology.

On our last trip to Disney I lost my Digital Nikon Camera in Beaches & Cream. I loved this camera, but cannot remember for the life of me the model type etc, all I know is that it was fairly old.

Having now purchased three further digital camers nothing compares. On all my past cameras except my Nikon the "shutter lag" as I believe it is called has such a delay on it, i have four young children and when you want to just capture that one second shot it is so fustrating when the picture is then taking 3 seconds later

All I am after is a simple, not to heavy or bulky camera with no shutter lag (if thats the right terminology), that I can take good quality family pictures with.

Please help you camera experts out there

If you can post a picture you took w/ your Nikon, someone w/ IExif (or any Exif reader) can tell you what kind of camera you were using. That may help you to narow down your search for a replacement.