If you want camera advice, become a member and PM Phot... it's what he does for a living, although someone else pays for the hardware!

Personally, I'd go for one you can afford and one you understand. There's no use in the world for having a shirt pocket sized camera with thousands of functions if you need a degree in engineering and computer programming just to understand the manual (which in our case is bigger than the wretched camera)!

LTS