for a new camera. Funny thing, cameras don't seem to like to work after bathing in Red Bull And now I need to find something new, and quickly, because I leave for Morocco on Friday and don't want to be without a camera for that. I'm looking for something in the ultra-compact category, with enough manual controls to at least be able to change ISO, exposure compensation, and f stop, but ideally something that naturally takes very good pictures without needing to make a lot of adjustments would be great. I tend to take more scenic and architectural shots, so a wide angle and fairly crisp details are good, but I'm by no means even trying to be a professional photographer, so it needn't be top end. And, of course, I'd like to keep it reasonably priced, like around the $300 range. The Kodak V705 came up in a feature search... anybody ever use one? Or something similar?

For a point-and-shoot compact digital camera, I like the Fuji F30 or F31fd. They have outstanding high ISO capabilities for a camera in that size class and manual overrides if you can optionally use. They're not quite ultra compact though and might be a little thicker than the usual ultra compact designs.

If I were you, I'd pick up a local Sunday paper, look at the ads for good deals, and then look up reviews online on http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ go to stores and try them out and then buy the one you like