Hello and welcome,

Look at the Pro Reviews section and you will get a lot of good information on the Kodak V550, and other really good digital P&S cameras.

I wrote the review for the V550 and I really liked it. If you want to learn about photography and get good results, then look at Photo John's review of the Canon G6 which gives you manual control.

Take a look and let us know what you think...
Welcome,
Loren