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I'm thinking about getting a new camera... but here is my dilemma. I really love the Canon SD700 IS I currently use, it's small but quite versatile and powerful. Most of the shots in my  photostream were taken with it.

Back in the analog days I had a Pentax MX body, with several lenses, including a fantastic 35-205 zoom lens that I used most of the time (I also had a 28mm, a 50mm and a 105mm). Plus the tripod, filters, cables, the whole works. But the whole gear was cumbersome to carry arround, so I eventually stopped using it. By the time I got married and had kids, I was doing mostly "social" photos, and a point-and-shoot camera was more than enough. But the children grew up, and I resumed my old passion...

When I started taking pictures again, now in the digital era, I first started with low-end cameras (still took some nice pictures with them - e.g., my Porto shots), and moved up to the SD700. But I miss a couple of features, mostly a stonger telephoto lens, the ability to do bracketing automatically, and eventually being able to take raw format pictures.

But I'm not ready yet to go back to the full DSLR format, and shlepping all that equipment around. So I am considering getting a larger format, super tele camera such as the Canon S3 (now S5), or G7. There are equivalent models from Sony and Panasonic, among others.

My question is, does anyone have experience with this kind of camera? Any advice?

I would love to hear your feedback!