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10. I bought a Fujifilm Finepix S9900W that I love

It has an electronic viewfinder, 50x zoom and image stabilization. http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/s/finepix_s9900w/

I bought mine before Christmas from Costco but they no longer have them. Amazon, B&H photo, BestBuy all list it.

I'm getting much better pictures with it than I did with my Nikon DSL and I don't have to worry about switching out lenses or carrying a bunch of equipment. It's smaller than the DSLR but big enough that I don't have trouble using it with my big hands.

I've used it for everything from taking long range pictures of birds to macros of details on my needlework. My only complaint is that some of the needlework shots are not as sharp as I'd like but I think the metallics on those pieces are confusing the autofocus.