suggestions about a good camera, digital

[Billy Blaze]

I am thinking of buying my wife a new digital camera.
the one she has now is a Nikon 4.1 mega pixel BUT has 300dpi if I remember correctly. It takes great pictures but the battery compartment is worn out and the camera shuts off a lot.
I would like to get her another one that has better resolution and audio to take short movies for around 300.00
also a fairly fast speed, ours takes a couple seconds to focus and take the picture.
I have looked around and found a lot of cameras in the price range of 300.00 but the info I am looking for is difficult to find or I am using the wrong terminology.
Any camera buffs that can help a brutha out?

[Ataim]

one word.... http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/recommended-cameras.htm

[sammm]

one word.... http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/recommended-cameras.htm

That's 8 words.

+1 for that site, good stuff. Another good one is -
http://www.steves-digicams.com/

[Majik]

also dpreview.com will have a ton of info

[Billy Blaze]

Fantastic!! thanks.

[TheChadVIII]

I like the Kodak v1253 I just got a lot.

Small, 12 megapixels, and 720p video with stereo sound if you want to look into it.

They run under $300.