Buying a new digi

I recently decided that I’d like a digital camera of my own, after “sharing” one with my boyfriend for the last couple of years, but man, it isn’t the simple decision it used to be. At one time, the average person just considered MPs, price, size of the LCD, lithium vs. regular batteries, that kind of thing. Now there are like a million on the market, they are offered in up to 12 MPs and many are now offered HD video. Not that this isn’t awesome, but it makes finding the right one tough. I know that the best way to buy the right one is decide how you would most like to use it and work back, but you don’t want to overbuy and you don’t want to underbuy. So it’s a toughie. Right now, the two vastly different cameras at the top of my list are the Canon G10 and the Panasonic  DMCTS1D Lumix. Both are pretty spendy (as non-SLR digis go) but they’re both pretty rad too. If you have any recommendations, let me know.