I buy camera's for our designers and installers at my work. I buy Pentax Optio's... s40's I believe. 3 megapixels.
Costco has the s50's - which are 4 mp's for around $250-$300. It uses 2 AA batteries or rechargable ones... bought from costco it came with a battery charger, batteries of both types and a case.
All metal body - nice and small - easy to use or more complicated if you like to mess with it. Just a turn of the dial from auto-everything to varying degrees of do-it-yourselfness.
Can't say enough good things about them. They take excellent photos.
