Your first big question you need to ask yourself, what am I going to use the camera for?
Will it be for work or personal? If it is for work then you need to think, am I on building sites where there is a lot of dust and could it get to a point where you can maybe drop it.
Or do you work in a clean environment that's relatively safe. Maybe it is for personal use. It's for the family and you have teenagers that's at a photo crazy stage. You get cameras that a durable that you can take with you to site and it can drop and all will be fine. But then the next question is, what type of quality you would need. Just to keep a record of or more to make prints and presentations of. In both cases I think you would need to invest in something with relatively high quality 12 -14 mega pixels and a hard body. The Nikon and Canon has great range of cameras. Nikon P7000 has a hard body with a Nikon lens that gives that extra quality and a few extra functions that could help with low/bright light. Canon has the G12 similar to the Nikon P7000 but in my experience the body is a lot sturdier. I came across one's that dropped her Canon G12 from a cliff about 5-6 meters down. The steel "cover" around the lens was bending badly but nothing happened to the lens or the body. Then you can also look at an underwater camera because those are normally waterproof, dustproof, freeze proof. The lens stays inside so if you dropped it nothing can happen to the lens, that's the biggest problem with camera' in these day. The optical zoom lenses "moving towards subject" also gets bumped or dropped on and then it costs more to fix/replace than to buy a new camera. Canon has a very sturdy underwater camera but a bit bulky. The bulkiness can be a good thing especially out on site. If you need it for a clean and safe environment then I'll recommend the Nikon or Canon as stated above. But Canon has a good range pocket camera with high megapixel and great zoom. Nikon has a range of pocket camera's that has zoom from 5 to 7 x. These are your Coolpix S and P ranges. The quality of Nikon is very good with original Nikon lenses. But so is you're Canon. Canon gives a more of a cooler color. That works very well for building or landscape photography where as Nikon gives more of a yellow to orange color and that works well for portrait photography. But either one is a very good camera for high and good quality. When you looking at a camera that will be used by teenagers then you need to keep in mind that it needs to be durable. Preferably waterproof and freeze proof.
Best brand with a bit of a variety will be Olympus and Fuji. Olympus has a great range of waterproof camera that is pocket-size and durable. Fuji has a small range one type actually just an improved model. It's quality is not as good as Olympus but the price is a bit less if that is an option you are looking at. It also comes in nice funky colors. Something teenagers always look at. Then a camera for personal use that would last a long time and good quality. Canon has the best pocket-size range camera's with excellent quality and easy to use functions. It's durable in a variety of colors and models. The power shot range. You get other makes as well.
Sony is not bad but they don't have a wide variety. The price is a bit steep and the memory card Pro Duo is not easy obtainable and a bit expensive. Kodak is a slow camera, what I mean with that is. From one photo to the next - takes a while. The quality is a bit grainy "like a news paper" and the range is small. Pentax is a durable camera with low prices but I can't guarantee it won't let you down in time of need. Pentax has improved from when they started with pocket cameras but they are not there yet. Then Panasonic I believe should stick with TV's.
Leica is a brand that I don't have a lot of experience in, but what I do know. Is there is no better brand than Leica in small camera's. Great quality lenses. Very expensive. Not something that you pass to somebody ell's and not to be used on dirty site areas.
All of the above comes from my experience as a Photographer. I also have hands on experience with what people are looking for and what each brand provides.
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