What is a good point and shoot digital camera for lowlight?

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We need a camera that can do the following:
-Take night portraits and capture the background and the faces clearly .
-Night landscapes (both usually in city settings such as Rome, Paris, London, etc).
-Take fast pictures if possible. (If it could catch a running puppy in more detail than a blur that would be fantastic).
-Takes clear photos in macro setting, I photograph flowers and butterflies.
-Has a minimum 4x optical zoom. 5 would be better.
-Compact
-Image Stabilization if possible
-Fits a standard minitature camera tripod

We're looking at the Fujifilm finepix F100fd. Is there any cameras that are competetive with this model? As long as it's over 7 megapixels I don't really care if the megapixels are competitive with this model.

Answer
For low light photography with a point & shoot, nothing has yet surpassed the Fuji F31d and F30. The F31d keeps the highlights under better control, making this the better of the two models. These cameras, both from 2006, sold very well but you won't find a lot of them on eBay... they're so good at what they do that current owners have nothing to upgrade to. Well, a dSLR of course, but good luck slipping a dSLR into your coat pocket.
As an all-round camera, the F100fd is much better. Some reviews quibble about the concessions that were made to achieve its 5x zoom lens, but the 28mm wide angle instantly makes it better than 80% of what's out there. Simply put, the F100fd has some great features and it's good value for money.

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