Digital Camera Advice?

[beetiger]

Does anyone out there know enough about digital cameras to help me figure out what I need? I'm looking for something that can do good print-quality food photography, so

-good easy macro functions
-Can deal with suboptimal lighting conditions
-Not too bulky (carry in large purse)
-Easy to set up picture( need to get right shot within a minute or so)


Budget is probably in the $300 range, though I'm likely somewhat flexible on this. I'm not really a trained photographer, so having the default setup work pretty well is important, though having some flexibility would be good too.

Right now I'm using a $100 Kodak 10.2 megapixel point and shoot, and it's not quite cutting it.

Thoughts?

ETA I ended up with a FinePix 1800, which seems to be doing what I need. Thank you for the help.

Comments

[tyrc.livejournal.com]

My Canon S90 is tiny, and fabulous for macro and low light shots. There's a newer version, S95, with a few additional features, but they're close enough to identical for the recommendation to carry.

Just.. peek back through my LJ for examples of pictures taken by it, if you want some idea!

[tyrc.livejournal.com]

Such as this nose! http://tyrc.livejournal.com/86523.html