Recommend me a digital camera

[SMPer]

hi guys, i've been doing some researching for a new digital camera and now my head hurts . my current digital camera is Fuji Finepix 4900 Zoom. nice camera with 6x optical zoom and lots of manual settings to play with. recently i've bought a Canon 300D with 18-55mm Lens Kit from staples. it's an amazing camera but i think i'm really not adept enough to be using it plus i miss the 6x zoom. so i'm thinking of selling both of them and get a new one. here's where the headache started. i couldn't decide between these camera:

1) Fuji S5500
- cheapest of the lot, no image stabiliser though
2) Panasonic Lumix FZ5
- great all around, no manual focus
3) Konica Minolta Z3
- no AF illuminator
4) Canon S2 IS
- best of the lot i think but the most expensive too

i'm undecided obviously. hopefully someone here with first hand experiences with any of the cameras above could shine a light of wisdom unto me. feel free to recommend other cameras too. cheers to all

[shiato storm]

what? shut you whinging and get used to how the far better camera that is the 300D is works. get a bigger lens for the 300D if you want the reach I can recommend the tamron 28-300. the canon S2 IS is a good camera but the 300D is better...trust me.

[Rave]

You can get 18-200mm lenses for digital SLRs now apparently. I also think you should persevere with the 300D.

[SMPer]

hmm.i understand that the 300D is better but getting a long zoom lens would cost me a lot of money and i'm nearly broke atm . ahh wth, i'm keeping the 300D! i'll sell the 4900z and save up for the lens. thanks for making up my mind

[Rave]

Well the 18-200 lenses are a bit expensive admittedly. Why not just grab a secondhand 70-300 lens in the meantime? Should cost you well under £100.

[shiato storm]

ebay...