If you’re looking for a good value in digital camera, you’ll be surprised by the small and smart–where have we heard that one, huh?–Nikon Coolpix L20, which I found for a hundred and twenty nine dollars.

It’s a ten megapixel camera and offers motion detection systems designed to reduce blur by adjusting the shutter volume and ISO on the fly according to the circumstances of the shot.  Even better, it’ll include face recognition technology, scene selectors, red-eye fixes, and a whole slew of other options to help ensure the best possible picture every time.

The more I look at digital camera models, the more I’m convinced that, in three to five years at the current rate, cameras will take pictures FOR YOU.  I look for a camera system on par with Transmetropolitan’s Spider Jerusalem’s camera system, in which they’re implanted directly into the frames and lenses of sunglasses or regular glasses, and they’ll take pictures of whatever you’re looking at, keyed to your optic nerves.

But anyway, this is a very well designed camera in its own right, its many features and capabilities controlled by a mere handful of buttons alongside the LCD screen.  It’s laid out in a fashion that should provide a very slight learning curve, allowing you to master the various functions in rapid fashion.  It’s a very intuitive design, and a welcome one at that.

Considering what you get for the money, the Nikon Coolpix (available in a very nice deep red, almost a burgundy) L20 camera is an excellent value that should satisfy most of your camera needs.