Your needs sound just like what I needed, a second, cheap, but decent, back up digital camera. I bought the HP Photosmart 435. Has 3.1 mega pixels, 5X digital zoom and can take about 4 minutes of video with sound. Comes with the inexpensive memory cards. Best of all the price is around $120.00 and most electronic stores sell them along with Target and Walmart. I bought a cool combination of camera and photo printer that is made to operate right from the camera and it came with an additional memory card and 64 sheets of 4x6 paper all for $199!
