Pointed and Shot: Your P&S Photos

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Canon A-400 3.2 mp P & S.
 
If I wanted to buy (and I do) one of those small, thin, fit-in-a-shirt-pocket P&S digital cameras with an actual glass lens, which would be one of the better ones? I read a road test of the Nikon S3100 on Steve's Digicams. It's the right size, but apparently has unacceptable noise levels throughout the ISO range.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Ted
 
Mine are mixed in with the others in the gallery. 90% of the time, a P&S works perfectly well. You have to second-guess what they will do with DOF, anything with discrete focusing steps gives results that vary from pin-sharp to ho-hum depending on how close the subject is to the exact plane of focus, and the lenses can have tremendous light fall-off if they're small in diameter.

The standout feature of my Ricoh FF-9 (available for about 5 GBP on eBay although I bought mine new in 1989) is that it will focus and make a correct flash exposure in total darkness, due to its active IR autofocus.
 
Todd, incredibly sharp G12 image. Just ordered an S95 just because it's pocketable. Had a G10 - just a bit too large for that.
 
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