I bought a digital camera 5 years ago in China.  A Samsung Digimax U-CA 5, specifically.  It’s been a good camera: it survived my clumsiness, held a charge forever, and was easy to use.  But now it tends to make all my pictures kind of reddish or yellow and a full battery lasts about 15 minutes.  It’s time for a new camera.

I don’t know the first thing about photography and I really don’t want to ever have to focus something by hand.  As far as dealing with different kinds of light or situations, I loved the settings on my little Samsung labeled things like “Sunset,” “Landscape,” or “Children.”  The one thing I always wanted my camera to do better was closeups – I’m always trying (and failing) to take pictures of small succulents or flowers.

So, what kind of camera would you recommend?