Camera Recommendation

I'm not a Nikon guy, but I just got a look at my buddy, Harris', photos from Big Bend and they look absolutely amazing. And he took them all with his little point-and-shoot Nikon Coolpix S570. And all on full automatic, at that.

Great tones, amazing handling of high contrast situations- and better shots in many cases than I got with my Canon 60D under the same conditions (especially the sunrise and sunset shots). The low-light stuff is a little rough, but the other shots more than compensate for it.

So if you're in the market for a point-and-shoot I'd highly recommend the Nikon Coolpix S570 based on the shots I've seen come out of this little camera.