Welcome to the Forum!! I'm sure you will find this a very friendly and helpful site. What are you using for your 35mm SLR gear? Perhaps there is a digital body that you could get to use your current lenses with. As far as the zoom you are looking for goes, I wouldn't pay any attention to the digital zoom. All the digital zoom does is crop your image, so you loose resolution and quality. I don't have any specific recomendation for you camera wise, but I'm sure someone here can get you pointed in the right direction.