Josh-
How about you tell us what you don't like about the camera you have now? And maybe give us an idea of what you'd like to be able to do that you can't do now. The truth is, $600 will buy you a lot of digital camera now. Our friend, Raymond, just bought the Olympus C-7070 for under $400, I think. That's a fast, full-featured 7-megapixel compact. It's pretty incredible to me that you can get much camera for such a small amount of money.