ah ok. well being at school and not wanting to carry around anything too bulky and not having too many moving parts i'd look into a minolta dimage XT if they still make those. its a very nice camera for the price and the beauty of it for a girl is that there is no extendable lens it does its optics internally so no worries about breaking it and its very slim and light i've used it and actually got it for someone also a girl and a few of my friends got it for their gfs