As the thread title suggest need to buy a compact travel cam for my sister. Wanted to buy her something featurerich too. Suggest me something in the range of 10K-15K.
There's nothing else like it. The H3 and SX100IS from Sony/Canon are still too bulky to come in this territory and they do not have wide-angle too. Every other cam has standard 3x zoom lenses.
If you wait for a bit, the new Panasonic FX-series is going to launch with 25mm wide-lenses with a 5x and 4x zoom to 125mm and 100mm. Still damn good.