My Sony HX7 took an unintended bath in a river in Kalimantan day before yesterday. I will wait and see but think I am up for replacement.Water was quite gritty too, so is the camera now!

I need a camera with good zoom, gps and preferably compass.

Two I am looking at (on the internet until I get back to where I can see them) are the Sony HX9 and the Canon SX230HS. The Sony has higher magnification and a compass, useful in my work. However Canon has a great reputation for quality too.

I welcome some feedback from users. I wont have much time to look so would rather do most of the search here.

Cheers, Chris

There is a new Nikon AW100 (I think that's the designation) that has GPS, compass and is waterproof to 10ft or something. Might want to check it out.

We have tried both the Sony HX9 and the Canon SX230HS.

The Canon has better picture quality than teh Sony.

In fact, we stopped using the Sony altogether.

We have not tried either the compass or the GPS.

Sony seems to have mixe3d results with their different cameras.

The HX1 was great.

The HX100 is bloody awful.

Of the bridge cameras, Panasonic seems to hold all the cards.

On safari I used the Panasonic FZ100, with great results.

I have just gotten the FZ 150, which I am going to take with me to the Alps next week.

Will report back how it performed.

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Nikon AW100

Thanks Saeed. I will check the Canon on the weekend in Singapore.

I have had no trouble with the Sony, except for the gps being very slow, and of course it does not like to take a bath!

Wink, thanks, I need more magnification than 5x. Sometimes I need to photograph rocks etc that I cannot get close to, particularly when there are crocodiles in the water!

Thanks, Chris

Now there is also the Canon S100 which replaces the S95.