Its getting to be about time to replace the digital camera I have in my shop which is an 8yo-next-month hand-me-down Fuji S5000 that has decided it likes to eat batteries, and loses its memory when changing them. We have a nice 1yo Canon and LOMLjr has a 2yo Canon we had before that. Both are great and I don't want to replace them and do the hand-me-down thing. I just need something for documenting work (often for posting on the forums) and general photos in the shop. I don't need a long zoom, but it does need to work well indoors under fluorescent light. It needs to do closeup well, one problem I have with the Fuji which doesn't like to focus, and will often go out of focus right as you take the picture. I don't really use video now, but an OK job at that would be nice since I definitely use video on our camera more now than 5 years ago and could see that changing in the shop. I'd like to stay under $150 and under $100 would be even better. I want to buy from a non-Best Buy big box, Costco, or Amazon.
I did a little looking at Costco yesterday and the $99 Panasonic Lumix S3 caught my eye. It seems to be a decent camera from the reviews on Amazon and I observed that its great at closeups at the store--could hold it a couple inches from a sign on the display and get a crystal clear image. One drawback is the proprietary $20 battery, which I'll almost have to buy a second, but it seems like everyone is going to that?
I'd like it to use SD cards--the Fuji uses an XD card which I can't plug into my iPad's adapter. I have a few small SD cards and an 8GB microSD card/adapter sitting unused in my desk which will probably all work with a new camera.