Small idiot proof camera recommendations?

William Regan wrote:

 > My wife has a Canon ELPH APS camera that thankfully died recently.
 > She wanted another APS but I have convinced her to go digital. She
 > liked the APS camera because it was really small and she thought it
 > was cool looking.
 >
 > What would be a good small digital camera that would be easy to use?
 > She doesn't need lots of features and options, just idiot proof point
 > and shoot with zoom.


How small is the idiot?

Last night at my SO's office x-mas party, a lady had a wonderful Sony
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Sony/sony_dsct1.asp" target="_blank">http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Sony/sony_dsct1.asp</a> P&S. I shot a few
frames with it and I hope I get to see how well it did with those shots.

Seemed exceedingly easy to operate, had a focus asist light. Her son (about 6
yrs old) was using it too and was running aroung showing what he had shot.
Great display. Small camera.

Cheers,
Alan

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