peter wrote:

: Me too. For travel I'd like to have a compact size camera with
: 28mm to 100mm zoom, full manual controls, and uses AA
: batteries. No such thing.

I see what you mean. With Li-ion rather than AA, you would have a
couple decent choices, but not exactly what you want. As the previous
poster said that is pretty disgusting when you consider how many
manufacturers are flooding the market with how many near-identical
models.