Originally posted by Yvisg
Also, among all brands in the market, which brands is the best?
Well, there is not such thing as "the best".
Ask yourself what you want in a camera.
Night shot? Zoom? Colours? AF speed?
You have stated your budget: 1K
Now you need to know what you want in a camera.
Good and powerful.
How good? How powerful?
Good? S602Z has a pretty good AF speed (But suffers from low light focusing issues). Panasonic Lumix has a even faster AF speed. (And someone is selling if i am not wrong)
Powerful? Olympus C730Uz has a 10x optical zoom. So does C700Uz (but it has a noise issue)
Macro ability? Nikon CP 4500 does great but doesn't have a flash hot shoe.
So you see, you need to quantify what you want in a camera. Each will always has it's pros and cons.
Hope this helps you in some way.