Noob needs buying advice £200 to spend

[sgoaty]

I currently have an 4 year old fuji finepix A202 and i have decided its time to upgrade. Im pretty much a point and click sort of guy and with my first kid on the way I want to be sure I can get some decent photos. I have been looking at either the

Canon Digital IXUS 55
or
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9

can anyone offer any better suggestions or advice on my suggestions?
thanks
Scott

 

[sgoaty]

ixus 55 is pretty good,
pleased with mine but focusing could be more spot on
my konica kd420z was more accurate
also no manual controls but in a compact that's a thing of the past it seems
lumix are nice alround I think for a compact and OIS
havent' played with the ixus 65 yet, although they're in at work now

How is it without a viewfinder? in the past i have found the lcd screens hard to see in bright daylight

 

[sgoaty]

Well I just bought a casio EX-Z60 looks like an excellent camera for the £145 I paid

http://www.exilim.co.uk/exilimzoom/exz600/