Best "point 'n shoot camera"?

[oceanrhythms]

A friend of mine would like to find a really nice point 'n shoot camera for doing landscapes and general shooting around town.  A camera that he can be low key with would be nice.  Something with inter-changeable lenses would be too much to deal with for him.  He would like to be able to make enlargements up to 16 x 20 inches.  What cameras are people liking in terms of the resolution and sharpness of the images?  I have heard good things about the Canon G9.  

Thanks!
John

[DarkPenguin]

The g9 is good.  It is pretty big and not great at high ISO.

If you could revisit the SLR question something like the Oly E-420 is pretty small and unobtrusive and would allow prints of that size.

[sojournerphoto]

The g9 is good.  It is pretty big and not great at high ISO.

If you could revisit the SLR question something like the Oly E-420 is pretty small and unobtrusive and would allow prints of that size.
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I Like my gx100, but I've not printed a full frame that big yet - but I suspect that they all need a bit of care to get the images up to that size in comparison with a 5D for example.

Mike

[dalethorn]

A Canon G9 will give you quality photos in a camera 2 inches deep with a 35-210 mm (eff.) zoom.  To get a small DSLR twice that size you would have to give up some of that zoom.

[hs0zfe]

For me, a no longer sold Yashica T4 with a Zeiss 35 mm fixed lens would work. I distrust those P&S cameras with zooms. Can someone recommend a P&S camera with a WA lens?

[sojournerphoto]

For me, a no longer sold Yashica T4 with a Zeiss 35 mm fixed lens would work. I distrust those P&S cameras with zooms. Can someone recommend a P&S camera with a WA lens?
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Ricoh GRD2 fixed 28mm equivalent

Ricoh GX100 24-72 equivalent

film rangefinder - I just bought a Kiev 4K!!

Mike

[Yogesh Sarkar]

For me, a no longer sold Yashica T4 with a Zeiss 35 mm fixed lens would work. I distrust those P&S cameras with zooms. Can someone recommend a P&S camera with a WA lens?
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Panasonic TZ5, wide angle and zoom lens and decent picture quality.