To answer your shutter speed question, pick your camera then check it against this shutter speed site.
  http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/shutte...omparisons.cfm   This is the camera that i have coming my way at the moment, it has a single  shutter time lag of 0.29 seconds, also it has a 4 x optical zoom  
http://redirection.alatest.com/apps/...-+IXUS+800+IS/   These are the 2 sites i would look at, both do refurbished Canon camera`s with full warranty, rufurbished generaly means that it was on display at Comet/Currys etc.  
http://search.stores.ebay.co.uk/Emil...554413QQsofpZ0  http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Canon-Outle...QQftidZ2QQtZkm    The Sony DSC T  camera`s have a fst shutter speed as Guy mentioned, if you click on the camera part of the Shutter speed link you just click on the model you want to look at & it will give you a full run down of that camera. 
 This Sony comes out well.  
http://www.cameras.co.uk/details/sony-dsc-n1.cfm  Hope this helps. 
 Chris

  
  Last edited by chris.p : 29-Dec-2006 at 15:48.