Don't mean to hijack your thread DG, but I have some interest in this topic, I have a tiny compact Canon which is getting long in the tooth and probably need to update soon. But I promised myself my next camera would have remote capture capabilities. I have the luxury of space in my workshop and want to set up a permanent photography point rather than have to drag everything out each time I need to take pics. I have a professional quality tripod (best bargain I've ever scored, picked it up for $5 in a bin of "imperfects" at Harvey Norman, the imperfection turned out to be a missing leg clamp that cost me $4 to replace, the RRP of the tripod was $350!) and I want to be able to control the camera form my PC instead of constantly getting up and down to rearrange things and take the shot every time. Are any of the models recommended above suitable? It seems to me they don't readily identify this feature in camera specs, it is really hard to find.