I'm going on vacation to another country and I'm looking for a camera that can take decent pictures and has decent zoom. At this point in time I pretty much only use my iPhone camera but I used to have a Cybershot that is getting quite old (7 years) and it is only 8 megapixel, 5x optical zoom, and it takes those annoying old Sony memory sticks.
I want something that is fairly easy to use and not huge because I do not want to be the person lugging a tripod around or worrying about my camera all the time (having to have it hang around my neck where it could easily break). Having said that I don't know about those indestructible ones because I'm not planning on swimming with my camera either.
I don't know much about cameras/photography please help!
Added (1). Does anyone know of any older models that I could buy off Amazon cheaper? I'm okay spending $280 on a camera but I know I might be better off getting a model that is a year old or something.