Dan, I have enough camera equipment to fill a truck.
You don't have to spend a lot of money anymore.
I use a Kodak Easyshare V1073 touchscreen for my everyday camera. It takes excellent pics, has a huge touchscreen lcd, and Kreuznach glass.
It takes awesome HD movies, and has an antishake feature that makes them viewable.
I got it at Wally for about 200 bucks, maybe 250. I couldn't be more pleased.