Interestingly I don't think anyone apart from perhaps swalker may have asked, what are you wanting to photgraph and where are you going to use this camera? DSLR's have two major advantages, they can use different lenses, if you don't mind spending serious money and usually have better standard lenses and features than the budget point and shot cameras. There are however a few other cameras around that can challenge the low to medium end DSLR's without breaking the bank. The camera below would be great for taking on a campervan holiday.

At risk of offending the DSLR's rule brigade, have a serious look at the Canon G11. It is a high end point and shoot with the features and flexability of most DSLR's. You will have to try fairly hard to find a scene it won't do justice. The images are sharp, well defined and saturated, RAW mode and movies, no problem. They have done sensible things like reducing the nuber of pixels from the previous model to improve low light performance and a swiveling LCD display. They are a dream to operate yet pack a punch in terms of manual overrides. My mother who is a president of the local photographic society owns one for about one year and swears by it. This camera gets used, her much more expensive nikon does not.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong11/