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Actually, this one is sorta inexpensive and has it... http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfx7/

I looked at it versus the Canon SD line and ended up liking the features of the Canon's better, but the FX7 looks pretty good nonetheless...



The problem with the FX7 is that it doesn't have a very wide aperture at the long end of its zoom.

Two IS cameras that do have wide apertures all the way through their zoom range (also Panasonic) are:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz3/

and its recent replacement:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Panasonic/panasonic_dmcfz4.asp

Both around $300.
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